The Henriques surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,857 people carried this name — #11,104 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 16% from 2,455 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Henriques surname
From Henrique + -es (“son of”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Henriques» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
915 people named Henriques live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 380 people named Henriques 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 Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 272 people named Henriques.
Most of them — 161 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often Aube.
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
54 people named Henriques 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
Henriques in American newspapers,
1893.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,731 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Henriques,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henrique Henriques de Noronha 1667–1730 · historian -
Aleixo de Miranda Henriques 1692–1771 · Catholic priest -
Manuel Joaquim Henriques de Paiva 1752–1829 · physician -
Ruben Henriques Jr. 1771–1846 · businessperson -
Isaac Rodrigues-Henriques 1771–1846 · banker
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 204 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Henriques.
- Henoch 119 · U.S. census
- Henon 209 · U.S. census
- Henri 700 · U.S. census
- Henrich 2,843 · U.S. census
- Henrion 239 · U.S. census
- Henrique 332 · U.S. census
- Henry 170,964 · U.S. census
- Hens 185 · U.S. census
- Hensel 5,429 · U.S. census
- Hensgen 182 · U.S. census
- Hentges 1,593 · U.S. census
- Hentsch 152 · U.S. census
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