The Hendrick surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,988 people carried this name — #4,441 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 7,939 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hendrick surname
From Low German Hendrick and Dutch Hendrik, equivalent to Henry.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hendrick» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 617 people named Hendrick live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 12 births for the Hendrick name in 1890.
Most were registered in Leinster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “7 in Dublin.”
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 70 people named Hendrick.
2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Hendrick in American newspapers,
1900–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 336,366 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hendrick,
with a public archive behind them.
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John Kerr Hendrick 1849–1921 · lawyer -
John Kerr Hendrick 1849–1921 · lawyer -
Thomas Augustine Hendrick 1849–1909 · Catholic priest -
Ellwood Hendrick 1861–1930 · writer -
Calvin W. Hendrick 1865–1940 · mechanical engineer -
Clyde Hendrick d. 2022 · academic
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hendrick.
- Hemond 493 · U.S. census
- Hen 470 · U.S. census
- Henard 584 · U.S. census
- Henault 913 · U.S. census
- Henck 306 · U.S. census
- Henderson 218,393 · U.S. census
- Hendrickx 300 · U.S. census
- Hendriks 671 · U.S. census
- Heng 3,819 · U.S. census
- Hengel 588 · U.S. census
- Henger 153 · U.S. census
- Hengy 154 · U.S. census
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