The Heyman surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,838 people carried this name — #11,154 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,789 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 610 people named Heyman 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 East Flanders.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Heyman.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
244 people named Heyman 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
Heyman in American newspapers,
1880–1884.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,392 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Heyman,
with a public archive behind them.
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Isaac W. Heyman 1818–1884 · businessperson -
Gabriel Heyman 1828–1915 · businessperson -
Theodor Heyman 1835–1905 · wholesaler -
Henry Heyman d. 1832
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Horace William Heyman d. 1998
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Peter Heyman 1581–1641 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Heyman.
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