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

Heinrichs, 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 Heinrichs surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Heinrichs in America

Heinrichs is the 14363rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Heinrichs surname appeared 2,082 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 Heinrichs.

We can also compare 2010 data for Heinrichs 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 Heinrichs

The surname HEINRICHS is of German origin, derived from the personal name Heinrich, which itself comes from the old German words "heim" meaning home, and "rīc" meaning power or ruler. The name Heinrich was originally a Germanic name composed of these two elements, essentially meaning "ruler of the home" or "home ruler".

The name HEINRICHS is a patronymic form of Heinrich, meaning "son of Heinrich". Patronymic surnames were common in German-speaking regions, indicating the name of one's father. The "s" at the end denotes the possessive form, essentially meaning "belonging to Heinrich".

Records of the name HEINRICHS can be found in various German historical documents dating back to the medieval period. One notable early example is a mention of a "Heinricus de Colonia" (Heinrich of Cologne) in a 13th-century manuscript from the city of Cologne.

In the 15th century, a prominent German scholar and humanist named Johann Heinrichs von Biberach (1460-1528) was born in the town of Biberach an der Riss. He was a respected professor and rector at the University of Tübingen.

Another historical figure with this surname was the German mathematician and astronomer Erhard Heinrichs (1573-1632), who made important contributions to the development of logarithms and the calculation of eclipses.

In the 18th century, Johann Gottfried Heinrichs (1753-1833) was a German writer and educator who published several works on education and pedagogy.

Moving into the 19th century, Carl Friedrich Heinrichs (1843-1917) was a German-American businessman and philanthropist who founded the C.F. Heinrichs Company, a successful meat-packing firm in St. Louis, Missouri.

Another notable figure from this period was the German philosopher and psychologist Wilhelm Heinrichs (1859-1923), who made significant contributions to the field of experimental psychology.

These examples illustrate the long history and widespread use of the surname HEINRICHS in various parts of Germany, as well as its presence among notable figures in fields such as academia, science, and business.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Heinrichs

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

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 Heinrichs 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 Heinrichs 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 Heinrichs was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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