Hinz

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Hinz is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: German surname cluster with -z/-tz forms; morphological variation in z-suffixes.

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  • DEGermany
  • CACanada
  • 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.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

German surname cluster with -z/-tz forms; morphological variation in z-suffixes.

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)

Hinz 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, a diminutive of the male given name Heinrich

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname aus Kurzformen von Rufnamen, hier zu Tiet-/Diet- und verwandten Kurzformen gruppiert.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

  • In German, häufiger patronymischer Familienname aus germ. Rufnamen mit -z-Suffix; im Vergleichskorpus der Karte genannt.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

  • In German, Diminutiv-/Kosename zu Heinrich bzw. Heinz; Typ zeigt die -z/-tz-Variante. 10355 Träger; Hin(t)z 8689+1666.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In German, Kurz-/Koseform zu Heinrich; Vokalvariante mit i. Belegzahl: 15.031.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

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)

16001700180019002000Georg Hinz, b. 1630Werner Hinz, b. 1903Walther Hinz, b. 1906Bruno Hinz, b. 1915Dinah Hinz, b. 1934Michael Hinz, b. 1939Knut Hinz, b. 1941Petra Hinz, b. 1962Arianne Hinz, b. 1977Vanessa Hinz, b. 1992

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 33 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Hinz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020004.7K#6,625
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020104.6K#7,284
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020204.4K#7,243
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1K#2,943
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20261K—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1K#3,036
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—723#12,267
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—148#3,623
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024133#8,812
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—99—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—98#7,322

Reference works 6

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hinz mean, and where does it come from?
German surname cluster with -z/-tz forms; morphological variation in z-suffixes. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
In which country does Hinz have the most bearers?
Hinz is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hinz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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