Explore the Family Name Hen

The meaning of Hen

1. German: from a short form of the personal name Heinrich. 2. Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 田 based on its pronunciation of the Siyi Cantonese subdialect (also known as Sze Yup or Four Districts dialect including Taishanese) spoken in southern Guangdong, see Tian 1.

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How common is the last name Hen in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Hen' has significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the Hen surname ranked 57,090 and had a count of 334, equating to a proportion of 0.12 per 100,000 people. However, in 2010, the rank improved to 45,495 with a count of 470, resulting in an increased proportion of 0.16 per 100,000 individuals. This represents a percentage change of 20.31 in rank and a substantial 40.72 percent increase in count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#57,090	#45,495	20.31%
Count	334	470	40.72%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.16	33.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hen

When looking at ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows some interesting changes between 2000 and 2010. The proportion of individuals with the Hen surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander declined by 7.39 percent, while those identifying as Black saw a slight decrease of 5.29 percent. Conversely, the proportion of Whites increased notably by 20.39 percent. Notably, the census started recording individuals of Hispanic ethnicity in the year 2010, accounting for 5.32 percent of the total population with the Hen surname. There was no change recorded for those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native or those belonging to two or more races during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	40.12%	48.3%	20.39%
Asian/Pacific Islander	39.52%	36.6%	-7.39%
Black	7.19%	6.81%	-5.29%
Hispanic	0%	5.32%	0%
Two or More Races	7.49%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%