How common is the surname Flynt?

2,457 people in the United States had the surname Flynt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,660 Americans. It ranked 12,597th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Flynt?

Larry Flynt, American publisher, followed by Henry Flynt.

Where is the surname Flynt most common?

Wikidata records people named Flynt in the United States.

Is the surname Flynt getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,457 in 2010, down 0.2%.

Is Flynt also a first name?

Yes. Flynt 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.

The surname Flynt

An English surname, carried by 2,457 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Flynt is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English flynt.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,457 people named Flynt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,660 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,461.

#12,597

rank among US surnames

2,457

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #11,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,593	Roesler	2,458	125,608
#12,597	Rasch	2,457	125,660
#12,602	Lichtenstein	2,456	125,711

Who is named Flynt

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

88% of people named Flynt identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Flynts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Larry Flynt
American publisher, 1942–2021
Henry Flynt
American musician (born 1940)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Flynt

Flint

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Flynt come from?: From Middle English flynt.
How common is the surname Flynt?: 2,457 people in the United States had the surname Flynt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,660 Americans. It ranked 12,597th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Flynt?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Flynt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Flynt?: Larry Flynt, American publisher, followed by Henry Flynt.
Where is the surname Flynt most common?: Wikidata records people named Flynt in the United States.
Is the surname Flynt getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,457 in 2010, down 0.2%.
Is Flynt also a first name?: Yes. Flynt 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.