Hien is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 4 characters long in length.
Family name is the form of Hume. An ancient village and fortress in Berwickshire. The Homes or Humes were descended from the famous earls of Dunbar, and through them from Gospatrick, earl of Northumberland, and the Saxon monarchs of England.
Hien is the variation of Homes. See Holmes - A holme is defined by Halliwell as 'flat land; a small island; a deposit of soil at the confluence of two waters. Flat grounds near water are called holms.'
"Some call them the holmes, because they lie low,
and are good for nothing but grasse."
,In Scotland a holm means both a small uninhabited island, and a detached or insulated rock in the sea.
Lastname is a variant of the Hume. Dweller on a river island or plot of land enclosed by a bend in a stream; dweller near a holly tree.
Hien is a variant of Home. See Hume - An ancient village and fortress in Berwickshire. The Homes or Humes were descended from the famous earls of Dunbar, and through them from Gospatrick, earl of Northumberland, and the Saxon monarchs of England
Hume of which it is an older orthography.
Hien is a variant of Hum. A mispronounciation of Home.
How popular is Hien?
Despite the fact that the number of Hien bearers increased by 2.53 per cent in 2010 US census to 203 since 2000, the surname slipped by 3505 spots and ranked at 90853. The last name was found in merely 7 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Asian and Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander | 60.59 | 58.08 |
| White | 31.53 | 36.36 |
| Black | 5.91 | 0 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Valentin Hien hailed from Bavaria. 20 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Espindola and arrived on October 7, 1850. Anna Hien, aged 43, Carl Hien, aged 15, Carl Hien, aged 43, Charlotte Hien, aged 10, 8 years old Elisabeth Hien, 6 years old Henriette Hien, Philippe Hien, aged 3, Philipp Hien (18) Farmer, and 5 other Hien around 66.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer migrated to US.
Hien Namesakes
- Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer
Hien Namesakes
- Yap Thiam Hien, Indonesian human rights lawyer
Related Family Names:
- Hielen
- Hiermann
- Hiersemann
- Hiesterman
- Hietanen (Finland)
- Hibben (United States)
- Hibberson (England)
- Hibbin (England)
- Hibon (France)
- Hibshman