Heins: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

If your family name is Heins, its origin lies with Hein, a German surname. The name is generally explained as “From Hein, a short form of Heinrich”.

How the spelling arose

Heins adds a patronymic ending to Hein, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Heine, Heinke and Hain.

Heins by the numbers

The 2010 census count for Heins in the United States was 3,757, good for rank 8,728.

Heraldry and the Heins name

Arms linked to Hein and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

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