The Hendricks surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 43,197 people carried this name — #802 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,830 people counted. That is up 3% from 41,879 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hendricks surname

Alternative form of Hendriks, a surname originating as a patronymic.

From Hendrick + -s (“patronymic suffix”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hendricks» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Henry’.

An early record he cites: John Hendrich, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Hendrick and Hendricks.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 374 · public domain.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 38 people named Hendricks 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.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Liège 33
Limburg 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Hendricks.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Seine-Maritime 5
Oise 3
Pas-de-Calais 2
Essonne 2
Ardennes 1
Côte-d’Or 1
Nord 1
Seine-et-Marne 1

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

184 families named Hendricks, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 975 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Hendricks, Hendereck, Hendreck, Hendric, Hendrick, Hendrik, Hendrix, Hendryx, Hindricks. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 35
Pennsylvania 29
North Carolina 29
South Carolina 27
New York 26
Connecticut 24
Vermont 5
Massachusetts 5
New Hampshire 2
Maryland 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hendricks in American newspapers,
1885–1923.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District carrying the name Hendricks
The Weekly Thibodaux Sentinel And Journal Of The 8th Senatorial District 1885-12-19
Newspaper page from The Bolivar County Democrat carrying the name Hendricks
The Bolivar County Democrat 1923-10-27
Newspaper page from The Bolivar County Democrat carrying the name Hendricks
The Bolivar County Democrat 1923-11-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 336,335 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hendricks in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

2,003 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hendricks. The most, 492, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 637
Victoria 461
Queensland 419
South Australia 229
Western Australia 127
Tasmania 85
ACT (Canberra) 15
Northern Territory 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hendricks.

Who carried it

People named Hendricks,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harmon Hendricks
    Harmon Hendricks 1771–1838
  • William Hendricks
    William Hendricks 1782–1850 · lawyer
  • Fanny Tobias Hendricks
    Fanny Tobias Hendricks 1809–1881
  • Yoshiko Tezuka Hendricks d. 2003 · librarian
  • Cephas Hendricks d. 2004
  • Thomas Hendricks, Sr. 1773–1835 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hendricks,
in the records of 8 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States3,090 records

3,090 records of the Hendricks name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,472
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 688
  • Other U.S. records 930
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse R. Hendricks

    Born 1917 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington; miner from Tazewell County, Virginia. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1978, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hendrica Hendricks

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Elizabeth Denison from Antwerp, aged 23; farmer. From Germany; bound for Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William Hendricks

    Born 1931; from Washington County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 3,090 records for Hendricks in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands9,410 records

9,410 records of the Hendricks name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6,889
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1,743
  • Dutch population registers 778
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johanna Hendricks

    Married in 1830 in Horst; maidservant. Died 1875 in Sevenum, aged 77.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johannes Reinier Hendricks

    Married in 1938 in Druten; fisherman. Died 1964 in Nijmegen, aged 75.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elisabeth Antoinette Hendricks

    Married in 1856 in Amsterdam; domestic servant. Died 1893 in Rotterdam, aged 80.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9,410 records for Hendricks in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Germany176 records

176 records of the Hendricks name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Heinrich Hendricks

    Born 1896; from St. Tönis, Kempen. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 8 July 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Hendricks

    From Crefeld. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 10 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 136).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 2 of 176 records for Hendricks in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Australia38 records

38 records of the Hendricks name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 27
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • Other Australian records 7
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John H. Hendricks

    Storekeeper of Braidwood, Victoria; died 1859.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Fatima Hendricks

    Died 2001; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Hendricks

    Sailed from Victoria in 1890 aboard the Sommerfeld, bound for Sydney, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Hendricks in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Hendricks name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 9
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Other Canadian records 6
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Allan Hendricks

    Buried in 1978 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 29.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Irene May Hendricks

    Died 1966; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eva Hendricks

    Died 1897 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 19 records for Hendricks in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France14 records

14 records of the Hendricks name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Madeleine Suzanne Louise Hendricks

    Born 1929 in Alise-Sainte-Reine; died 1992 in Semur-en-Auxois (Côte-d'Or).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Joannes Paulus Hubertus Hendricks

    Born 1905 in the Netherlands; died 1990 in Vierzon (Cher).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Olga Aurelie Hendricks

    Born 1911 in Le Fossé (Seine-Maritime); died 1993 in Pontault-Combault (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Hendricks in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Belgium7 records

7 records of the Hendricks name in Belgium
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 5
  • Belgian church registers before 1811 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jean Hendricks

    Died 1831 in Lommel; born 1760; farmer.

    Open Archives, Stad Lommel - Archiefdienst (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Apollonie Hendricks

    Died 1878 in Kortijk.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Kortrijk (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Hendricks in Belgium.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Norway1 record

1 record of the Hendricks name in Norway Norway's 1910 census
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Census record Georg Reidar Hendricks

    Census of 1910: Haavet, Sande; born 1908 in Sande.

    Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO)

Counts: Arkivverket, Digitalarkivet, 1910 census (CC BY 3.0 NO). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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