Hei is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hei
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hei

How popular is Hei?

Hei is common in Germany.

Hei is ranked 62483 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heis grew by 27.77778 per cent to 299 since 2000 and ranked 66164 after elevating 10301 spots. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 57.19 68.38
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 38.8 28.21
Others 2.68 2.56
Hei is quite popular family name mostly used in Hong Kong while Macau is ahead in terms of density. Around 7348 people have been found who wears Hei as their family name. Hei is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,868 Japan10
116,327 Spain6
122,390 Belarus4
10,686 Costa Rica3
78,945 Argentina3
108,034 Italy3
181 East Timor3
4,164 Vietnam2
1,256 Myanmar2
14,521 Portugal2
4,104 South Korea2
2,617 Cambodia2
19,810 Croatia1
53,033 Nigeria1
15,705 Cameroon1
2,211 Brunei1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
9,591 Panama1
2,232 French Polynesia1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
36,814 Romania1
24,176 Qatar1
8,859 Iraq1
66,560 Philippines1
13,447 Uganda1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,376 Singapore47
28,564 Switzerland36
49,393 Netherlands35
107,506 England27
282,307 Russia27
52,530 Belgium22
186,451 Ukraine16
144,062 Canada16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
85,695 Indonesia96
8,718 New Zealand80
11,009 Finland60
12,538 Norway59
37,137 Australia58
Countries with hundreds of Hei:
570 Taiwan753
12,805 Iran614
53,181 United States493
5,912 Malaysia354
5,126 Austria236
300 Macau215
2,148 Namibia163
60,164 Brazil159
125,469 India151
77,708 France122
496 China121
Countries with thousands of Hei:
225 Hong Kong2,088
7,757 Germany1,244
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Hei Namesakes

  • Peter Hein, Stunt Coordinator
  • Aage Heimann, Olympic athlete
  • Aarne Heikkila, Television producer
  • Aaro Heikkinen, Soccer player
  • Aaron Heilman, Baseball pitcher
  • Abhinav F.G. Heist, Musical Artist
  • Pekka Heino, Television host
  • Wally Heider, Recording Engineer
  • Carl Georg Heise, Art Historian
  • Ted Heijckmann, Soccer player
  • Lung Hei played the significant character of N in 1991 action and drama movie Mao bian.

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