Heen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heen
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England
Meaning:

Heen is a variant form of the Hennis. See Ennis - .

The lastname is variant form of Henning. Dweller at the meadow frequented by wild birds such as moorhens or partridges; descendant of Hann, a pet form of Johannes meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

How popular is Heen?

Heen is common in Norway, United States.

Heen is ranked 320314 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heens plummeted by 8.12 per cent to 215 since 2000 and slipped by 10180 spots and ranked at 86645. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 67.91 68.38
Others 17.21 11.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
10.7 15.38
Hispanic or Latino 2.79 3.42
Heen is an uncommon surname, few people in Norway have the family name and might have roots in Norway. Around 1166 people have been found who wears Heen as their family name. Heen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Heen:
1,012 Norway542
81,096 United States322
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
100,509 Germany46
8,487 Afghanistan39
296,209 India38
18,422 Sweden37
165,663 Nigeria24
219,029 France19
64,490 Malaysia19
49,949 Pakistan17
74,307 Papua New Guinea13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
34,222 Denmark10
30,910 Chile8
101,176 Netherlands6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Tailor Carl Heen from Hanover aboard the Beta from Bremen. He is registered to be 23 years old when he arrived in USA on February 25, 1853. Herrmann Heen (18) Tailor, Laborer Marit Heen, Fried Heen (27) Farmer, are others that migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool & Queenstown and Hamburg.

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