Hendriks: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

The spelling Hendriks grew out of Heinrichs, a German surname with a long paper trail. Its meaning, shared with Heinrichs, is “Home ruler”.

How the spelling arose

Before spelling was fixed, Heinrichs was also written Hendriks. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Henrichs.

In the records

The 2010 US Census counted 671 people named Hendriks, ranking it number 33,894 among American surnames. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country. French birth records list 100 children named Hendriks between 1891 and 2000.

Family crest and blazon

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

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