Henk — Family Name, Records and Arms

Henk is how some branches of the Hein family came to write their name. The family name meaning is “From Hein, a short form of Heinrich”, the same as for Hein. Before spelling was fixed, Hein was also written Henk. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Heinke, Heyn and Heine.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Henk surname had 1,035 bearers. Henk sounds close to Henke, so it can help to search both.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Henk, so the heraldry linked to Hein is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Henk family name pack.