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    The surname Flint

    A surname, carried by 15,123 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /flɪnt/ 1 syllable Soundex F453 Also a first name

    Flint: #2,399 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Flint #2,399, 15,123 people Flint: #2,399 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Flint #2,399, 15,123 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flint is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,123 people named Flint in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 20,416 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 14,683.

    #2,399
    rank among US surnames
    15,123
    people in 2010
    5.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,268)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,390Kitchen15,17020,352
    #2,391Guillory15,16120,364
    #2,392Chong15,14620,385
    #2,393Lemon15,14020,393
    #2,394Kearns15,13620,398
    #2,395Mohammed15,13220,403
    #2,396Purdy15,12620,412

    Who is named Flint

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

    85% of people named Flint identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Flint

    Flint has the Soundex code F453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F453.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Flint?
    15,123 people in the United States had the surname Flint in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 20,416 Americans. It ranked 2,399th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Flint?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Flint identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Flint?
    Flint is /flɪnt/, one syllable.
    Is the surname Flint getting more or less common?
    More common. 14,683 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,123 in 2010, up 3.0%.
    Is Flint also a first name?
    Yes. Flint is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.