Heim is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heim
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Common in Alsace (67), it is a personal name of Germanic origin, Haimo (heim = home root), possibly a place name (= house). However, the name is often worn by askhénazes Jews, and in this case it corresponds to the Hebrew Hayim (= life). This is also the case for Heiman names, Heimann, Heyman, Heymann.

How popular is Heim?

Heim is common in Germany.

Heim is ranked 14898 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Heims grew by 67.0801 per cent to 14414 since 2000 and ranked 2513 after elevating 1260 spots. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.66 94.88
Black 3.26 1.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.5 1.45
Others 1.63 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.62 0.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.33 0.38
Heim is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Switzerland is ahead in terms of density. Around 35359 people have been found who wears Heim as their family name. Heim is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
318,252 Ukraine6
7,031 China6
7,113 Costa Rica5
122,390 Belarus4
28,232 Morocco2
18,035 Egypt2
6,266 Luxembourg2
54,135 Philippines2
42,479 Greece1
6,033 Benin1
2,057 Myanmar1
5,916 Mozambique1
17,575 Kuwait1
7,847 Albania1
2,309 Monaco1
16,283 Lithuania1
40,340 Malaysia1
30,360 Thailand1
5,872 Namibia1
29,774 Venezuela1
19,533 Uruguay1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
11,486 Estonia1
36,678 Singapore1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
9,591 Panama1
12,741 Ecuador1
14,644 Tunisia1
17,768 Pakistan1
29,046 Japan1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
95,259 Italy45
15,412 Denmark34
43,298 Czech Republic27
18,889 New Zealand26
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
18,457 Scotland20
377,825 Russia17
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,066 Croatia97
10,596 Colombia87
10,581 Sweden87
20,785 Belgium82
30,349 Spain82
Countries with hundreds of Heim:
1,760 Hungary720
8,169 Argentina657
23,792 Brazil525
13,663 South Africa457
10,377 Canada380
3,446 Israel330
2,255 Norway289
4,076 Chile252
16,087 Mexico236
22,861 England220
10,174 Romania209
13,353 Australia204
28,734 Poland191
16,425 Netherlands168
Countries with thousands of Heim:
3,148 France2,449
496 Switzerland1,477
603 Austria1,257
Countries with ten thousands of Heim:
3,243 United States12,404
523 Germany12,239
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Comments

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Abbie Lessig
 heim is a surname alsacien- Lorraine, means house, home, nickname of the owner.

Heim Namesakes

  • In 2010 crime flick, Welcome Matt: An Unfortunately True Story, Jessica McGill Heim played Faith Buerger.
  • In 0 horror flick, The River City Slayer, Justin Heim characterized N.
  • Alex Heim, from 2012 drama and horror movie Eyam, who portrayed the Kira.

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