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    The surname Hinch

    A surname, carried by 1,381 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hinch: #19,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hinch #19,551, 1,381 people Hinch: #19,551 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hinch #19,551, 1,381 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinch is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,381 people named Hinch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,567 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,277.

    #19,551
    rank among US surnames
    1,381
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #19,554)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,551Nepomuceno1,381223,567
    #19,559Walder1,380223,729

    Who is named Hinch

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

    90% of people named Hinch identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hinchs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Derryn Hinch
      Australian media personality and politician (1944–2026)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hinch

    Hinch 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 Hinch?
    1,381 people in the United States had the surname Hinch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,567 Americans. It ranked 19,551st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hinch?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Hinch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hinch?
    Derryn Hinch, Australian media personality and politician (1944–2026).
    Where is the surname Hinch most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hinch in New Zealand.
    Is the surname Hinch getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,277 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,381 in 2010, up 8.1%.