Heikkinen Surname History

Origins Available:
Finland

Etymology of Heikkinen

What does the name Heikkinen mean?

The origin of the distinguished Heikkinen family can be traced to the historic country of Finland. The surname Heikkinen is derived from the Finnish name Heikki, which comes from the old Germanic name Heinrich. This name is in turn derived from the Old German word "hag," which means "enclosure" or "grove," and the word "rik," which means "ruler" or "king." The name was popular during the medieval era, and was borne by many dukes, kings, and emperors. The Finnish suffixes -anen, -ainen, -inen, -oinen, and -onen mean son of or descendant of.

Heikkinen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heikkanen, Hakkinen, Häkkinen, Heikkainen, Heikkilä, Heikkinen, Heikkoinen, Heikkonen, Heinonen and many more.

Heikkinen Ranking

In the United States, the name Heikkinen is the 17,737^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Heikkinen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heikkinen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Emma Heikkinen, aged 20, who landed in New York, NY in 1893 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Heikkinen (post 1700) +

Ralph Isaac "Hike" Heikkinen (1917-1990), American football player
Leo Leonard Heikkinen (1917-1999), American entrepreneur
Mikko Heikkinen (b. 1949), Finnish architect
Matti Heikkinen (b. 1983), Finnish cross country skier
Markus Heikkinen (b. 1978), Finnish former footballer
Kasperi Heikkinen (b. 1980), Finnish guitar player
Jussi Heikkinen (b. 1988), Finnish football player
Janne Heikkinen (b. 1976), Finnish former volleyball player
Ilkka Heikkinen (b. 1984), Finnish ice hockey player
Henna Heikkinen (b. 1988), Finnish singer
... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Historic Events for the Heikkinen family +

RMS Titanic

Miss Laina Heikkinen, aged 26, Finnish Third Class passenger from Jyväskylä who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived in the sinking in life boat 14 3

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html