Hejná

surname · Latin script

Hejná is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a Polonized form of the Germanic personal name Heine (see Heinrich, Henry).

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 12K(measured from records)
  • PLPoland1 in 50K
  • NONorway1 in 161K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

863 people

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Hejna in CZ Czechia, PL Poland, US United States and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from a Polonized form of the Germanic personal name Heine (see Heinrich, Henry).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hejná counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Hejná is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#6738631 in 12K863Hejna45
PL Poland—7721 in 50K396Hejna31
US United States—3651 in 911K369Hejna54
GB United Kingdom—≈39 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Hejna6
NO Norway—341 in 161K34Hejna4
SK Slovakia—111 in 495K11Hejna3
EE Estonia—≈5 est.≈1 in 234Klisted——

863 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hejná is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hejna

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Hejna

  • Norwegian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Hejna

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hejna

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Hejná
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—725#2,003
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—725#1,951
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)199511—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hejná mean, and where does it come from?
from a Polonized form of the Germanic personal name Heine (see Heinrich, Henry). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Hejná have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 863 people named Hejná, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hejna.
Where is Hejná most common?
Hejná is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Hejná?
In Czechia, the national register counted 863 people named Hejná, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
How common is Hejná compared with other names?
In Czechia, Hejná is the 673rd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hejná” — the 673rd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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