The Hennig surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,415 people carried this name — #12,775 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 122,000 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,421).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hennig surname
Borrowed from German Hennig.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hennig» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
1,010 people named Hennig have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,170 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
154 people named Hennig live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 135 people named Hennig live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 82 people named Hennig.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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 the Nordic population registers
183 people named Hennig is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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 print
Hennig in American newspapers,
1898–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,764 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Hennig,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Hennig d. 1694 · physician
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Matthes Hennig d. 1585 · baker
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Christian Wilhelm Hennig d. 1791 · merchant
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Gottfried Hennig d. 1696 · merchant
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Martha Catharina Hennig d. 1768
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Clara Hennig d. 1585
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hennig.
- Hennard 155 · U.S. census
- Henne 2,185 · U.S. census
- Hennel 170 · U.S. census
- Hennemann 355 · U.S. census
- Henner 312 · U.S. census
- Hennes 920 · U.S. census
- Henning 16,557 · U.S. census
- Henninger 4,262 · U.S. census
- Hennion 270 · U.S. census
- Hennon 551 · U.S. census
- Henny 319 · U.S. census
- Heno 132 · U.S. census
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