Hennig
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Familienname zu Hennig; zeigt Nasalvariation -ng/-n/-nk/-ke
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hɛnɪç/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hennig is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 4.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 138K
- NONorway1 in 30K
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
- 273 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 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)
Familienname zu Hennig; zeigt Nasalvariation -ng/-n/-nk/-ke. Belege: Hen(n)icke 47+401, Henik(e) 2+10, Hennike 5.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hennig 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 | #267 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.3K | listed | Hennig | 180 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,700 est. | ≈1 in 208K | — | Hennig | 3 |
| US United States | — | 2,415 | 1 in 138K | 2.4K | Hennig | 273 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,170 | 1 in 33K | 595 | Hennig | 2 |
| BR Brazil | — | 856 | 1 in 247K | 856 | — | 2 |
| SE Sweden | — | 200 | 1 in 51K | 200 | Hennig | 27 |
| NO Norway | — | 180 | 1 in 30K | 180 | Hennig | 13 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Hennig | 28 |
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-2 register; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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)
Hennig 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, Patronym zu Heinrich/Henning; demonstriert nasale Variation im Familiennamen (ng/nn). Bearer count: 8276.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Patronym zu Heinrich oder Johannes; belegt n-Schwund im Suffix -ing > -ig. Bearer count: 8276.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Patronymisch zu Rufname Heinrich/Johannes; Nebenform im Heyne-Heine-Komplex.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, ) Henning: männl. Vom., nie derdeutsch-friesische Koseform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In German, zu einem Rufnamen Henn-/Hann-
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)
- Edwin Hennigb. 1882DEGerman paleontologist (1882-1977)
- Willi Hennigb. 1913DEGerman biologist (1913–1976)
- Larry Hennigb. 1936USAmerican professional wrestler (1936-2018)
- Jürgen Hennigb. 1951DEGerman chemist known for magnetic resonance imaging
- Curt Hennigb. 1958USAmerican professional wrestler (1958–2003)
- Amy Hennigb. 1964USAmerican video game writer and director
- Paulina Hennig-Kloskab. 1977PLPolish politician and deputy
- Christine Theissb. 1980DEnot in their usual nameGerman kickboxer
- Shelley Hennigb. 1987USAmerican actress and model (born 1987)
- Katharina Hennigb. 1996DEGerman cross-country skier
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 31 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.4K | #11,848 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.4K | #12,775 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.2K | #13,357 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 856 | #10,647 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 595 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 595 | #5,426 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 575 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 575 | #5,515 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 200 | #4,155 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 180 | #8,808 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
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 Hennig?
- A machine transcription gives /hɛnɪç/ (IPA) for German.
- What does the name Hennig mean?
- Recorded meaning: Familienname zu Hennig; zeigt Nasalvariation -ng/-n/-nk/-ke.
- In which country does Hennig have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Hennig in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hennig.
- How common is the name Hennig?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,415 people named Hennig in 2010, about 1 in 138 thousand residents.
- How common is Hennig compared with other names?
- In Germany, Hennig is the 267th 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/hennigThe 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, “Hennig” — the 267th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.