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

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

Descendant of Hagno or Heino meaning "hedged place," a pet form of names so beginning, such as Haginold, Haginwarth and Haganrich.

Henke is form of Hencke. Descendant of Hagno or Heino meaning "hedged place," a pet form of names so beginning, such as Haginold, Haginwarth and Haganrich.

Henke is variant of Hinkel. Dweller at the sign of the little chicken; an affectionate name for a friend; descendant of Hinkel, a pet form of Heinrich meaning "home ruler".

How popular is Henke?

Henke is common in Germany, United States, Brazil, Poland, Canada, Australia, Switzerland, Netherlands.

Henke is ranked 13036 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Henke bearers increased by 0.12 per cent in 2010 US census to 7566 since 2000, the surname slipped by 342 spots and ranked at 4690. 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 96.26 96.89
Hispanic or Latino 1.76 1.26
Others 0.9 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.38
Black 0.3 0.22
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.26 0.44
Henke is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Germany which signifies that it is originated from Germany. Around 43060 people have been found who wears Henke as their family name. Henke is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Henke:
288 Germany28,426
4,356 United States10,375
Countries with thousands of Henke:
5,134 Brazil1,592
Countries with hundreds of Henke:
8,327 Poland720
8,002 Canada528
10,253 Australia303
5,691 Switzerland205
15,982 Netherlands172
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
12,686 Austria100
61,904 Italy81
44,177 Argentina68
10,752 Sweden64
45,970 England63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
33,051 Czechia44
77,557 South Africa36
18,041 New Zealand28
145,081 Ukraine26
284,782 Thailand25
12,577 Scotland21
58,585 Spain19
15,192 Latvia19
33,535 Hungary18
21,213 Chile16
14,761 Ireland13
28,015 Peru12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
293,169 France10
9,127 Paraguay8
43,211 Denmark7
11,702 China6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

38 years old merchant Louis Henke who was residing in Germany migrated to USA on July 11, 1850 by India put out from Bremen. Merchant Wilhelm Henke, M. Henke (27), Shoemaker Conrad Henke, 4 years old Christoph Henke, Conrad Henke, aged 11, 12 years old Conrad Henke, 6 months old Conrad Henke, Farmer Hermann Henke, and 986 other Henke around 48.94% of whom were farmer while others worked as shoemaker and daughter, mason, laborer, joiner, carpenter, miner, baker, waiter, gardener, brewer, clerk, bricklayer, locksmith, tailor, butcher, manservant, servant, matron, undefined code, furrier, dressmaker migrated to US.

Henke Namesakes

  • Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke, German theologian
  • Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke, German theologian and historian
  • Jonathan Henke, American political blogger
  • Wayne J. Henke, former high school teacher and coach
  • Tom Henke, former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
  • Werner Henke, commander of
  • Ed Henke, American football offensive and defensive lineman
  • Nolan Henke, American professional golfer
  • Jana Henke, former freestyle swimmer from Germany,
  • Shirl Henke, American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels
  • Brad William Henke, American actor and former National Football League and Arena Football League player
  • Karl Henke, engineer officer in the 'Reichsheer' during World War I

Henke Namesakes

  • Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke, German theologian
  • Ernst Ludwig Theodor Henke, German theologian and historian
  • Jonathan Henke, American political blogger
  • Wayne J. Henke, former high school teacher and coach
  • Tom Henke, former Major League Baseball relief pitcher
  • Werner Henke, commander of
  • Ed Henke, American football offensive and defensive lineman
  • Nolan Henke, American professional golfer
  • Jana Henke, former freestyle swimmer from Germany,
  • Shirl Henke, American best-selling author of contemporary and historical romance novels
  • Brad William Henke, American actor and former National Football League and Arena Football League player
  • Karl Henke, engineer officer in the 'Reichsheer' during World War I

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