Heinig
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Surnametype with Schwund von n im Suffix -ing; bearer count 1203
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈhaɪnɪɡ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Heinig is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
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)
Surnametype with Schwund von n im Suffix -ing; bearer count 1203. Demonstrates consonant reduction in -ing.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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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)
Heinig is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
from a pet form of the personal name Heinrich.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, Meist Patronym zu einer Kurzform von Heinrich; daneben Anschluss an Siedlungsnamen Heining(en) und Flurname Heinicht. Vokal-/Konsonantenvariation ei, -g/-ck/-gh; 1203 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, zu einem Rufnamen Hein-
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)
- Cäcilie Heinigb. 1882SEGerman translator
- Kurt Heinigb. 1886DEGerman lithograph, politician and journalist (1886-1956)
- Paul-Joachim Heinigb. 1950DEGerman medievalist
- Katrin Dörre-Heinigb. 1961DEEast German athlete
- Stefan Heinigb. 1962DEGerman businessman
- Anke Heinigb. 1968DEGerman table tennis player
- Marcel Heinigb. 1981DEGerman triathlete and distance runner
- Katharina Steinruckb. 1989DEnot in their usual nameGerman athlete
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 20 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 465 | #48,977 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 452 | #44,738 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 432 | #48,800 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 169 | #42,150 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 28 | #17,742 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 20 | #25,713 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 14 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 14 | #110,023 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 12 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 12 | #120,911 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 10 | #60,931 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 9 | #126,713 |
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
- Where does the name Heinig come from?
- Surnametype with Schwund von n im Suffix -ing; bearer count 1203. Demonstrates consonant reduction in -ing. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus.
- How do you pronounce Heinig?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈhaɪnɪɡ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Heinig mean?
- Recorded meaning: Surnametype with Schwund von n im Suffix -ing; bearer count 1203.
- In which country does Heinig have the most bearers?
- Heinig 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/heinigThe 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, “Heinig”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.