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    The surname Binns

    A surname, carried by 4,178 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /bɪnz/ 1 syllable Soundex B520

    Binns: #7,923 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Binns #7,923, 4,178 people Binns: #7,923 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Binns #7,923, 4,178 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Binns is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,178 people named Binns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,898 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,036.

    #7,923
    rank among US surnames
    4,178
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #7,599)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,915Reina4,18073,863
    #7,920Petrillo4,17973,880
    #7,923Binns4,17873,898
    #7,924Autrey4,17773,916
    #7,925Laux4,17673,933
    #7,926Roop4,17573,951
    #7,928Barto4,17473,969

    Who is named Binns

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    58% of people named Binns identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 58%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Binnss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edward Binns
      American actor (1916–1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Binns

    Binns has the Soundex code B520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Binns?
    4,178 people in the United States had the surname Binns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,898 Americans. It ranked 7,923rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Binns?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Binns identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Binns?
    Edward Binns, American actor (1916–1990).
    Where is the surname Binns most common?
    Wikidata records people named Binns in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Binns?
    Binns is /bɪnz/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Binns getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,178 in 2010, up 3.5%.