Heinz is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heinz
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The family name is a variant form of Hintz. Descendant of Heino meaning "hedged place," a pet form of names beginning with Hag, as Haginold, Heinarad and Haginher.

Heinz is a variant of Hentschel. Descendant of little Hans, a pet form of Johannes meaning "gracious gift of Jehovah".

Variation of the Heinzelman. Variant of Heinemann meaning "the servant to Hagano".

Descendant of Heinz, a contraction of Heinrich meaning "home ruler".

How popular is Heinz?

Heinz is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, France, Argentina, Czechia, Poland, Netherlands.

Heinz is ranked 10178 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heinz bearers increased by 0.13 per cent in 2010 US census to 8311 since 2000, the surname slipped by 345 spots and ranked at 4276. The last name was found in around 3 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.26 95.52
Hispanic or Latino 2.57 1.61
Others 1.4 1.05
Black 0.89 1.06
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.46
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.32 0.3
Heinz is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 55308 people have been found who wears Heinz as their family name. Heinz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Heinz:
203 Germany35,490
3,651 United States12,307
Countries with thousands of Heinz:
4,297 Brazil1,885
558 Austria1,727
Countries with hundreds of Heinz:
8,270 Canada506
2,991 Switzerland450
8,377 Australia381
27,609 France375
10,187 Argentina355
5,180 Czechia334
31,280 Poland154
18,619 Netherlands143
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
8,043 New Zealand91
59,064 Italy90
37,224 England88
6,593 Chile84
1,063 Luxembourg83
27,603 Spain80
5,897 Dominican Republic69
134,938 Russia64
8,581 Denmark63
57,770 South Africa61
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,158 Sweden45
24,142 Mexico37
239,646 Thailand35
37,845 Belgium34
20,788 Venezuela19
6,189 Paraguay16
14,974 Ecuador15
17,372 Uruguay15
12,021 Ireland14
42,199 Hungary12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
639,611 India10
41,629 Norway10
8,067 Panama10
221,039 Philippines9
32,607 Saudi Arabia9
11,581 Ghana9
64,129 Slovakia9
1,286 Bermuda7
102,287 Kazakhstan7
68,299 Israel7
41,832 Finland6
51,993 United Arab Emirates6
11,702 China6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Andrew Heinz from Ireland aboard the Columbia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 36 years old when he arrived in USA on August 1, 1849. Winford Heinz (32) Immigrant, U Heinz, aged Born at sea, Thomas Heinz, aged 10, 9 years old John Heinz, Terry Heinz (6), Dennis Heinz, aged 5, 2 years old Margaret Heinz, John Heinz, aged 30, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Of unknown age Gannee Heinz who was residing in Italy migrated to USA on May 27, 1887 by Rotterdam put out from Rotterdam. Jeanne Heinz, aged 29, 6 years old Madelia Heinz, Ralph Heinz (31), are others that migrated to US.

From Germany

Michel Heinz was 19 years old when he migrated to New York on June 22, 1852. He lived in France where he worked as farmer and took Cardine Tucker from Havre. Cas Heinz, aged 29, 30 years old Christian Heinz, Jacobine Heinz, aged 20, Eliza Heinz, Maria Heinz, aged 44, Mathias Heinz, aged 57, Farmer and mechanic Mathias Heinz, Farmer Christian Heinz, and 811 other Heinz around 46.37% of whom were farmer while others worked as tailor and laborer, carpenter, weaver, miller, undefined code, shoemaker, baker, domestic, servant, butcher, merchant, stone cutter, clerk, joiner, goldsmith, cooper, boot &, shoe maker, smith, miner, machinist, cigar maker, glazier, barber, locksmith, peasant, painter, mason migrated to US from Liverpool, Havre and Antwerp.

Heinz Namesakes

  • Christopher Heinz, American businessman and investor
  • André Heinz, American environmentalist
  • W. C. Heinz, American sportswriter, war correspondent
  • Jack Heinz, American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company based
  • Gerard Heinz, actor
  • Henry J. Heinz, German-American entrepreneur
  • John Heinz, American businessman and politician
  • Teresa Heinz, American businesswoman and philanthropist of Portuguese descent
  • Marek Heinz, retired Czech football striker
  • Drue Heinz, American patron of the literary arts, actress
  • Bob Heinz, former defensive tackle
  • Rick Heinz, retired professional ice hockey player
  • George Heinz, Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong

Heinz Namesakes

  • Christopher Heinz, American businessman and investor
  • André Heinz, American environmentalist
  • W. C. Heinz, American sportswriter, war correspondent
  • Jack Heinz, American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company based
  • Gerard Heinz, actor
  • Henry J. Heinz, German-American entrepreneur
  • John Heinz, American businessman and politician
  • Teresa Heinz, American businesswoman and philanthropist of Portuguese descent
  • Marek Heinz, retired Czech football striker
  • Drue Heinz, American patron of the literary arts, actress
  • Bob Heinz, former defensive tackle
  • Rick Heinz, retired professional ice hockey player
  • George Heinz, Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong

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