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    The surname Hinchcliffe

    An English place surname, carried by 390 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhɪnt͡ʃklɪf/ 2 syllables Soundex H524

    Hinchcliffe: #53,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hinchcliffe #53,072, 390 people Hinchcliffe: #53,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hinchcliffe #53,072, 390 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinchcliffe is more common than 67.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Hinchcliffe is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 390 people named Hinchcliffe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 791,655 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 350.

    #53,072
    rank among US surnames
    390
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #55,003)

    Who is named Hinchcliffe

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

    97% of people named Hinchcliffe identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Hinchcliff
    • Hinchliffe

    Surnames that sound like Hinchcliffe

    Hinchcliffe has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hinchcliffe come from?
    Habitational surname from a minor place in West Yorkshire, from the unattested Old English word *henge (“steep”) + clif (“cliff”). See henġeclif.
    How common is the surname Hinchcliffe?
    390 people in the United States had the surname Hinchcliffe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 791,655 Americans. It ranked 53,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hinchcliffe?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Hinchcliffe identified as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Hinchcliffe?
    Hinchcliffe is /ˈhɪnt͡ʃklɪf/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Hinchcliffe?
    Hinchcliffe is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hinchcliffe getting more or less common?
    More common. 350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 390 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Hinchcliffe?
    Hinchcliff and Hinchliffe.