Hintzen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Patronymischer Genitiv zu einer z-Diminutiv-Kurzform von Heinrich; schwacher Genitiv
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/hɪntsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hintzen is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- GYGuyana
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 einer z-Diminutiv-Kurzform von Heinrich; schwacher Genitiv. 9 Types/2979 Tokens.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hintzen 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 Hein[rich] mit -z-Diminutivsuffix im schwachen Genitiv; zeigt i/ei-Varianz. 841 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Schwacher Genitiv im Patronym; -en-Form.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
In German, patronymisch zu Heinz/Heinrich
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In German, patronymic from Hintz.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Basque, Informal second-person singular (hi) past indicative form of izan (“to be”).
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)
- Ulrich Hintzenb. 1957DEGerman association football player
- Katharina Hintzenb. 1989DEGerman actress
- Udo Hintzenb. 2000DEGerman judicial officer and professor
- Linette Hintzenb. 2003DEGerman association football player
- Valley Hintzenactress
- Josef HintzenDEDr. rer. nat. Universität zu Köln 1958
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 16 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 328 | #6,246 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 238 | #84,785 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 221 | #84,748 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 216 | #81,414 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 110 | #515 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 42 | #29,543 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 6 | #56,226 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1 | #84,801 |
| KN St. Kitts & Nevis | St Kitts & Nevis — Register of Electors 2026 | 2026 | 1 | #181 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Hintzen?
- A machine transcription gives /hɪntsən/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hintzen mean?
- Recorded meaning: Patronymischer Genitiv zu einer z-Diminutiv-Kurzform von Heinrich; schwacher Genitiv.
- In which country does Hintzen have the most bearers?
- Hintzen is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hintzen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.