Heynen surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Heynen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 289 people carried this name — #68,122 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 266 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 354 people named Heynen 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 128
Limburg 98
Antwerp 41
Luxembourg Province 32
Namur 23
Flemish Brabant 15
Walloon Brabant 7
Brussels-Capital 5

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

289 people named Heynen live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 167
Bern 38
Zurich 23
Solothurn 17
Aargau 11
Lucerne 8
Thurgau 6
Vaud 6

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Heynen.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Meurthe-et-Moselle 15
Paris 12
Nord 6
Nièvre 4
Yvelines 3
Yonne 2
Seine-et-Marne 2
Ardennes 2

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 27 people named Heynen 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 Chubut.

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

Where they live today

Chubut 27

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Heynen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Herman Heynen d. 1692
  • Winand Heynen 1835–1916 · physician
  • Eugène Heynen 1866–1950 · writer
  • Emil Heynen 1877–1946 · architect
  • Walter Heynen 1889–1973 · writer
  • Werner Heynen 1895–2000 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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