Find out how popular the last name Heinemann is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Heinemann.

Heinemann, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Heinemann surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Heinemann in America

Heinemann is the 9552nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Heinemann surname appeared 3,403 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Heinemann.

We can also compare 2010 data for Heinemann to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Heinemann

The surname Heinemann originates from the German language and has its roots in the late medieval period, roughly between the 12th and 15th centuries. It is derived from the personal name Heine, which itself is a diminutive form of the Germanic name Haimo or Heimo. The suffix "-mann" was added to indicate a person or individual, effectively translating to "Heine's man" or "man belonging to Heine."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in the Codex Traditionum Westfalicarum, a 13th-century manuscript that documented land transfers and ownership in the Westphalia region of present-day Germany. The name is spelled as "Heineman" in this source, reflecting the fluidity of spelling conventions during that era.

In the 14th century, the name appears in various forms, such as "Heyneman" and "Heynemann," in municipal records from cities like Cologne and Aachen. These records often referred to craftsmen, merchants, or landowners, suggesting that the name was already established among the urban population.

One notable bearer of the name was Heinrich Heinemann, a 15th-century scholar and humanist from the city of Bautzen, in what is now eastern Germany. He was born around 1450 and is known for his Latin translations of works by ancient Greek philosophers.

In the 16th century, the Heinemann surname can be found in various regions of Germany, including Saxony and Brandenburg. One example is Hans Heinemann, a Protestant reformer and theologian from Mühlhausen, Thuringia, who lived from 1495 to 1561.

During the 17th century, the name continued to spread across German-speaking territories, with instances recorded in places like Westphalia, Hesse, and Silesia. Johann Georg Heinemann, a Lutheran pastor and theologian from Lüneburg, lived from 1624 to 1688 and authored several religious works.

As the name spread and became more common, it also appeared in various place names across Germany, such as Heinemann's Mühle (Heinemann's Mill) in Saxony-Anhalt and Heinemann's Hof (Heinemann's Farm) in Lower Saxony.

Other notable individuals with the surname Heinemann include Johann Christian Heinemann, a 19th-century German astronomer and mathematician from Hildesheim (1773-1843), and Karl Heinemann, a German philosopher and literary critic from Leipzig (1857-1938).

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Heinemann

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Heinemann.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Heinemann was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Heinemann has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Heinemann was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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