Heiden is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heiden
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Dweller on, or near, uncultivated land covered by coarse grass and low bushes; the rustic or countryman.

How popular is Heiden?

Heiden is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Netherlands, Denmark, Austria.

Heiden is ranked 47684 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heiden bearers increased by 1.55 per cent in 2010 US census to 2620 since 2000, the surname slipped by 688 spots and ranked at 11938. The last name was found in around 9 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.6 97.09
Hispanic or Latino 1.95 1.55
Others 0.73 0.58
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.38 0.35
Heiden is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies its Germany provenence. Around 10850 people have been found who wears Heiden as their family name. Heiden is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Heiden:
1,900 Germany5,524
11,363 United States3,522
Countries with hundreds of Heiden:
10,846 Brazil761
8,128 Netherlands355
3,143 Denmark186
7,317 Austria186
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
47,396 Australia38
64,828 England37
81,834 Canada33
23,012 Hungary32
92,464 South Africa26
89,279 Poland24
18,509 Chile20
512,385 India15
52,204 Sweden14
73,966 Belgium12
145,016 Argentina11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
306,885 France9
328,556 Ukraine6
555,748 Indonesia6
55,922 Qatar6
77,571 Switzerland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Carl Heiden hailed from Germany. 26 years old embarked for USA from Bremen on Carl & Edward and arrived on June 3, 1851. 21 years old Anna Heiden, Farmer Hein. Heiden, Andrew Heiden, aged 26, Doris Heiden, Doris Heiden, Johan Heiden (25) Farmer and mechanic, 30 years old Wilhelmine Heiden, Barbara Heiden, and 346 other Heiden around 46.54% of whom were farmer while others worked as farmer and mechanic and laborer, daughter, blacksmith, mason, undefined code, clerk, barber, joiner, locksmith migrated to US.

Heiden Namesakes

  • Lodewijk van Heiden, Dutch Admiral
  • Anton Heiden, former water polo player from the Netherlands
  • Konrad Heiden, German-American journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi eras
  • Bernhard Heiden, German and American composer and music teacher
  • Eric Heiden, American physician and a former long track speed skater
  • Erhard Heiden, early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the 'Schutzstaffel'
  • Beth Heiden, American athlete who excelled in speed skating
  • Ira Heiden, American television and film actor
  • Steve Heiden, American football coach and former tight end

Heiden Namesakes

  • Lodewijk van Heiden, Dutch Admiral
  • Anton Heiden, former water polo player from the Netherlands
  • Konrad Heiden, German-American journalist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi eras
  • Bernhard Heiden, German and American composer and music teacher
  • Eric Heiden, American physician and a former long track speed skater
  • Erhard Heiden, early member of the Nazi Party and the third commander of the 'Schutzstaffel'
  • Beth Heiden, American athlete who excelled in speed skating
  • Ira Heiden, American television and film actor
  • Steve Heiden, American football coach and former tight end

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