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The Hen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 470 people carried this name — #45,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 334 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

252 people named Hen have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 342 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Holy Cross.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Holy Cross 68
Lower Silesian 59
Silesian 31
West Pomeranian 31
Lubusz 28
Greater Poland 28
Masovian 5
Lesser Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 194 people named Hen.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Moselle 147
Oise 17
Gard 4
Vosges 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 2
Seine-et-Marne 2
Paris 2
Bas-Rhin 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Hen is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Hen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harald III of Denmark
    Harald III of Denmark 1041–1080 · monarch
  • Llywarch Hen 534–634 · poet
  • Llywarch Hen 534–634 · poet
  • Józef Hen 1923– · writer
  • Rachel Sade Hen 1927–2019 · writer
  • Moshe Yirmeyahu Chayen 1931–2024 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Hen.

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