The Hendrix surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 35,194 people carried this name — #991 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 8,380 people counted. That is up 3% from 34,032 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hendrix surname

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

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

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hendrix» (Dutch), 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 1,061 people named Hendrix 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 Limburg.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Limburg 691
Antwerp 155
Flemish Brabant 115
Liège 45
East Flanders 24
Brussels-Capital 21
Walloon Brabant 5
Hainaut 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 Hendrix.

4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 4
Paris 5
Seine-Maritime 3
Moselle 3
Yvelines 2
Saône-et-Loire 2
Rhône 1
Loire 1
Calvados 1

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

In the Nordic population registers

22 people named Hendrix is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 22

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).

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Hendrix was counted together with Hendricks: 184 families in all.

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

Hendrix in American newspapers,
1913.

Newspaper page from Mcnairy County Independent carrying the name Hendrix
Mcnairy County Independent 1913-09-19
Newspaper page from Macon Beacon carrying the name Hendrix
Macon Beacon 1913-09-26
Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Hendrix
The Roundup Record 1913-09-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 71,547 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hendrix in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

216 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hendrix. The most, 148, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 5.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 121
New South Wales 34
South Australia 19
Queensland 18
Victoria 14
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Hendrix,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis Hendrix
    Louis Hendrix 1827–1888 · painter
  • Eugene Russell Hendrix
    Eugene Russell Hendrix 1847–1927 · priest
  • Joseph C. Hendrix
    Joseph C. Hendrix 1853–1904 · politician
  • Jacobus Nicolaas Hendrix
    Jacobus Nicolaas Hendrix 1862–1931 · politician
  • James Al Hendrix d. 2006
  • Marquin Anthony Hendrix d. 2011

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 Hendrix,
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 States1,724 records

1,724 records of the Hendrix name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,193
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 423
  • Other U.S. records 108
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Raymond L. Hendrix

    Born 1931; from Monterey County, California. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rose A. Hendrix

    Born 1919 in New York. Enlisted 1945 in the Women's Army Corps at Rochester; machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Rural Cemetery, Seneca Falls, New York.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool, aged 39; merchant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 1,724 records for Hendrix in the United States.

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

Netherlands19,817 records

19,817 records of the Hendrix name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 10,093
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7,374
  • Dutch population registers 2,350
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrik Hendrix

    Married in 1870 in Grubbenvorst; manservant, born 1841 in Horst. Died 1874 in Grubbenvorst, aged 33.

    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 Petrus Theodorus Hendrix

    Married in 1921 in Maasbree; labourer. Died 1945 in Venlo, aged 49.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gemeentearchief Venlo (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Petrus Gerardus Antonius Hendrix

    Married in 1897 in Amsterdam; smith. Died 1912 in Heemstede, aged 48.

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

Showing 3 of 19,817 records for Hendrix 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).

Belgium82 records

82 records of the Hendrix name in Belgium
  • Belgian church registers before 1811 48
  • Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 33
  • Belgian population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Henricus Hendrix

    Born 1828 in Lommel. Married in 1873 in Reusel.

    Open Archives, Stad Lommel - Archiefdienst (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Willem Hendrix

    Died 1963 in Gent.

    Open Archives, Archief Gent (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Gerardus Hendrix

    Buried in 1802 in Lommel.

    Open Archives, Erfgoed Lommel (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 82 records for Hendrix in Belgium.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Germany41 records

41 records of the Hendrix 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 Anton Hendrix

    From Bregeld, Düsseldorf. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 1 October 1914 (Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 8).

    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 Alexander Hendrix

    From Tegelen, Holland. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 24 May 1918.

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

Showing 2 of 41 records for Hendrix 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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Hendrix name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jack Englebert Hendrix

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 85.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Robert Henry Hendrix

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record David Hendrix

    Listed at Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1838.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hendrix in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France6 records

6 records of the Hendrix 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 Hendrix

    Born 1936 in Brunoy (Yvelines); died 1989 in Thiais (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Hubert Mathieu Cornelis Hendrix

    Born 1920 in Épône (Yvelines); died 1999 in Caen (Calvados).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Francois Claude Mathieu Hendrix

    Born 1942 in Lisieux (Calvados); died 2001 in Chalon-sur-Saône (Saône-et-Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hendrix 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Hendrix name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Peter Hendrix

    Labourer of Dromana, Victoria; died 1971.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hendrix name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Elizabeth Hendrix

    Buried in 1825 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 55.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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