Heimbach History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Heimbach family

The surname Heimbach was first found in Prussia, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. The area was notable for the influence of the Teutonic Knights.

Early History of the Heimbach family

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Heimbach Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Heimburh, Hiemburg, Heimbaugh, Heimbach and others.

Early Notables of the Heimbach family

Notable figures of the time with the name Heimbach were

Wolfgang Heimbach (1615-1678), a North German Baroque painter who was mostly active in Denmark...
Heimbach was from Oldenburg and studied in Germany and the Low Countries...

Heimbach Ranking

In the United States, the name Heimbach is the 14,301^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Heimbach migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Heimbach Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Mattheis Heimbach, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1743 2
Peter Heimbach, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1765 2
Johannes Heimbach, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1774 2
Friedrich Heimbach, who arrived in North America in 1783

Heimbach Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joh Heimbach, who landed in America in 1852 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Heimbach (post 1700) +

David M. Heimbach (b. 1938), American surgeon and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington
Thomas Josef Heimbach, German businessman and politician, Mayor of Düren (1848-1853), founder of The Heimbach Group in 1811, now a supplier of textiles for the paper manufacturing, environmental technology

Citations +

"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)