# Haines (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haines/  
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) | 29,462 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,201 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,479 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (29,065 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /heɪnz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haines 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haines in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Haines

- Avril Haines, 7th Director of National Intelligence
- William Haines, American actor, interior designer (1900–1973)
- Jackson Haines, American ballet dancer and figure skater (1840–1876)
- Larry Haines, American actor (1918-2008)
- Fred Haines, American film director and screenwriter (1936-2008)
- John M. Haines, American politician (1863-1917)
- William T. Haines, American politician (1854–1919)
- Daniel Haines, American politician, jurist, lawyer and Governor of New Jersey (1801-1877)
- Connie Haines, American singer (1921-2008)
- Patricia Haines, British actress (1932-1977)

## Similar surnames

Haynes, Hines, Hanes, Hynes, Hance, Hans, Heins, Hinze, Hanus, Hanks, Himes, Hanke.

## 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.