Heyden Surname
Approximately 5,391 people bear this surname
Heyden Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the heyen,' i.e. hedges, from residence thereby. This term is evidently the plural of hey, a hedge, an enclosure; compare alren for elders (v. Alder). Possibly some of our Hayns and Haynes are so derived.
Read More About This SurnameHeyden Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3,131 | 1:25,712 | 3,401 |
| United States | 1,166 | 1:310,857 | 28,493 |
| Netherlands | 161 | 1:104,889 | 16,937 |
| Belgium | 137 | 1:83,917 | 13,161 |
| England | 134 | 1:415,806 | 28,295 |
| Canada | 114 | 1:323,207 | 29,592 |
| Brazil | 105 | 1:2,038,803 | 64,511 |
| Australia | 102 | 1:264,664 | 24,097 |
| France | 94 | 1:706,625 | 89,060 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| Aruba | 37 | 1:2,797 | 396 |
| Chile | 32 | 1:550,515 | 13,718 |
| Denmark | 30 | 1:188,157 | 15,676 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Costa Rica | 21 | 1:227,622 | 2,745 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 36 | 1:123,052 | 7,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 163 | 1:149,542 | 13,222 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Jersey | 2 | 1:25,941 | 3,069 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 166 | 1:302,522 | 23,980 |
Heyden (249) may also be a first name.
Heyden Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the heyen,' i.e. hedges, from residence thereby. This term is evidently the plural of hey, a hedge, an enclosure; compare alren for elders (v. Alder). Possibly some of our Hayns and Haynes are so derived.
William atte Heyene, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
V. Hayden.
(English) One who came from Heydon (hay valley), in Cambridgeshire.
Places in Essex, Dorset, and Northumberland.
Local. From a town in Westphalia, also a town of the same name in South Jutland, Denmark.
Heyden Demographics
Average Male Heyden Height
177.41 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Heyden Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heyden Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heyden is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heyden? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 89,040th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,351,799 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 70 percent of Heyden live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 565,047th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 249 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 3,131 people, or 1 in 25,712. In Germany Heyden is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 31 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 13 percent are found and Berlin, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Germany this surname exists in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 3 percent are found.
Heyden Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Heyden has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Heyden last name rose 702 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 18 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Heyden Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Heyden last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Heyden last name are 21.84% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.61% being registered with the political party.
The amount Heyden earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 490.93% more than the national average, earning 2,045,080 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.71% more than the national average, earning R 315,360 per year; in United States they earn 11.81% more than the national average, earning $48,243 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.06% more than the national average, earning $55,178 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Heyden
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis