# Hinchcliffe (surname)

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

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 390 |
| US rank (2010) | 53,072 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 791,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (350 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɪnt͡ʃklɪf/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Hinchcliff, Hinchliffe |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in West Yorkshire, from the unattested Old English word *henge (“steep”) + clif (“cliff”). See henġeclif.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hinchcliffe 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) | 97% |

## Similar surnames

Hinckley, Hensley, Hinkle, Hensel, Henkel, Hinkley, Hänsel, Hensler, Hinkel, Henslee, Hanselman, Hansell.

## 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.