# Gines (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gines/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,832 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,170 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 109,020 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (2,478 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a Catalan surname, from the saints' name Ginés. Compare Jines. * The city in Spain is of unclear origin, but could possibly be a corruption of the source of the saints' name above with an Arabic influence, namely جنة (“garden, paradise”), referring to the Garden of Eden.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gines in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 32% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 15% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Similar surnames

Gaines, Goins, Goings, Goines, Ganesh, Gains, Guynes, Guinness, Gomez, Gomes, Gamez, Gong.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.