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    The surname Ginn

    A surname, carried by 8,088 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G500

    Ginn: #4,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Ginn #4,396, 8,088 people Ginn: #4,396 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Ginn #4,396, 8,088 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ginn is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,088 people named Ginn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,173 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,928.

    #4,396
    rank among US surnames
    8,088
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #4,134)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,392Enos8,09738,131
    #4,393Maness8,09538,140
    #4,394Buckingham8,09438,145
    #4,396Ginn8,08838,173

    Who is named Ginn

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

    83% of people named Ginn identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 11%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Ginns

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Drew Ginn
      Australian rower and cyclist, born 1974
    • Greg Ginn
      American musician (born 1954)
    • Ted Ginn, Jr.
      American football player (born 1985)

    Notable Ginns come mostly from the United States (2) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ginn

    Ginn has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Ginn?
    8,088 people in the United States had the surname Ginn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,173 Americans. It ranked 4,396th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ginn?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Ginn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Ginn?
    Drew Ginn, Australian rower and cyclist, followed by Greg Ginn.
    Where is the surname Ginn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Ginn in the United States and Australia.
    Is the surname Ginn getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,928 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,088 in 2010, up 2.0%.