How common is the surname Haines?

29,462 people in the United States had the surname Haines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,479 Americans. It ranked 1,201st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Haines?

Avril Haines, 7th Director of National Intelligence, followed by William Haines.

Where is the surname Haines most common?

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

How do you pronounce Haines?

Haines is /heɪnz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Haines getting more or less common?

More common. 29,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,462 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Haines

A surname, carried by 29,462 people in the United States.

Pronounced /heɪnz/ 1 syllable Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haines is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 29,462 people named Haines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,479 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 29,065.

#1,201

rank among US surnames

29,462

people in 2010

10.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,102)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,192	Cramer	29,691	10,399
#1,193	Goldberg	29,603	10,430
#1,194	Morin	29,593	10,433
#1,195	Sutherland	29,585	10,436
#1,196	Kaplan	29,582	10,437
#1,197	McAllister	29,544	10,450
#1,198	Byrne	29,503	10,465

Who is named Haines

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

90% of people named Haines identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hainess

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Avril Haines
7th Director of National Intelligence, born 1969
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)

Notable Hainess come mostly from the United States (9) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haines

Haines has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

How common is the surname Haines?: 29,462 people in the United States had the surname Haines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,479 Americans. It ranked 1,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haines?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Haines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Haines?: Avril Haines, 7th Director of National Intelligence, followed by William Haines.
Where is the surname Haines most common?: Wikidata records people named Haines in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Haines?: Haines is /heɪnz/, one syllable.
Is the surname Haines getting more or less common?: More common. 29,065 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 29,462 in 2010, up 1.4%.