Heidrich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from the medieval personal name Heidrich, which is in some instances a variant of Heinrich (see Henry) with Heidenrich as an intermediary form (see Heidenreich) or is composed of the elements haidu ‘a
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hajdʁɪç/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Heidrich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 575K
- ATAustria≈1 in 115K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 140 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,500 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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 the medieval personal name Heidrich, which is in some instances a variant of Heinrich (see Henry) with Heidenrich as an intermediary form (see Heidenreich) or is composed of the elements haidu ‘appearance’, ‘personality’ -t- rlh ‘power’, ‘rule’.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Heidrich 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #920 | ≈7,500 est. | ≈1 in 11K | listed | Heidrich | 140 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,063 | 1 in 199K | 1.1K | — | 1 |
| US United States | — | 579 | 1 in 575K | 993 | Heidrich | 137 |
| FR France | — | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 670K | 7 | — | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 98 | 1 in 391K | 54 | Heidrich | 2 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈77 est. | ≈1 in 115K | — | Heidrich | 17 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 63 | 1 in 133K | 63 | Heidrich | 19 |
| FI Finland | — | 21 | 1 in 265K | 21 | — | 2 |
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: the dfa-band-6 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Heidrich is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Patronym zu Rufnamen mit ahd. heidan/als. *hēthan 'Heidebewohner; Nichtchrist' + ahd. rīhhi/als. rīki 'Herrschaft, mächtig'; 3467 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Patronymisch zu Rufname Heidenreich; Familienname vom Rufnamen abgeleitet.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Arnošt Heidrichb. 1889CZCzech politician (1889-1968)
- Richard Heidrichb. 1896DEGerman general (1896–1947)
- Wilhelm Heidrichb. 1899DEGerman architect
- Adolf Heidrichb. 1899PLPolish economist
- Horst Heidrichb. 1920DEGerman politician (1920-1992)
- Manfred Heidrichb. 1956chess player
- Christian Heidrichb. 1960DEGerman journalist and theologian
- Steffen Heidrichb. 1967DEGerman footballer
- Matthias Heidrichb. 1977DEGerman footballer
- Julian le Playb. 1991ATnot in their usual nameAustrian singer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 25 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.1K | #8,778 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 993 | #25,954 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 901 | #25,695 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 579 | #38,265 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 63 | #15,671 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 54 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 54 | #47,543 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 44 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 44 | #54,179 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 21 | #41,932 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 12 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 12 | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Heidrich mean, and where does it come from?
- from the medieval personal name Heidrich, which is in some instances a variant of Heinrich (see Henry) with Heidenrich as an intermediary form (see Heidenreich) or is composed of the elements haidu ‘a… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Heidrich?
- A machine transcription gives /hajdʁɪç/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Heidrich have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.5 thousand people named Heidrich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled heidrich.
- How common is the name Heidrich?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 1,063 people named Heidrich, about 1 in 199 thousand residents.
- How common is Heidrich compared with other names?
- In Germany, Heidrich is the 920th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/heidrichThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Heidrich” — the 920th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.