Heinen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Genitiv zu Hein (Kurzform von Heinrich); Form auf -en, 37806 Träger
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈhaɪnən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Heinen is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- NLNetherlands
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Patronymischer Genitiv zu Hein (Kurzform von Heinrich); Form auf -en, 37806 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
Heinen is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, patronymisch zu Rufname Hein/Heyn; Kurzform auf -n. 4191 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymisch zu Hein(e), Kurzform von Heinrich; 4.191 Träger
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, Schwacher Genitiv in Patronymen; -en-Form.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
patronymic from Hein.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Dutch, to fence (off), to enclose
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Reinhold Heinenb. 1894DEGerman journalist and publisher
- Heinrich Heinenb. 1920DERighteous Among the Nations
- Victor Heinenb. 1931LULuxembourgish association football player
- Bettina Heinen-Ayechb. 1937DEGerman painter (1937–2020)
- Heinz Heinenb. 1941BEGerman-Belgian historian (1941-2013)
- Hugo Heinenb. 1944NLDutch screenwriter (born 1944)
- Mike Heinenb. 1967USprofessional golfer
- Dirk Heinenb. 1970DEGerman footballer
- Eelco Heinenb. 1981NLDutch politician (born 1981)
- Danton Heinenb. 1995CACanadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
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 27 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.7K | #8,909 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.6K | #8,532 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.5K | #8,902 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 2.1K | #616 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.5K | #6,179 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 1.1K | #1,177 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 1.1K | #1,159 |
| LU Luxembourg | Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 924 | #48 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 187 | #6,644 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 102 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 54 | — |
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
- How do you pronounce Heinen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhaɪnən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Heinen mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Genitiv zu Hein (Kurzform von Heinrich); Form auf -en, 37806 Träger.
- In which country does Heinen have the most bearers?
- Heinen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/heinenThe 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, “Heinen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.