How common is the surname Hinchey?

1,293 people in the United States had the surname Hinchey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hinchey?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinchey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hinchey?

Maurice Hinchey, American politician (1938–2017).

Where is the surname Hinchey most common?

Wikidata records people named Hinchey in the United States.

Is the surname Hinchey getting more or less common?

More common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Hinchey

A surname, carried by 1,293 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinchey is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,293 people named Hinchey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,291.

#20,512

rank among US surnames

1,293

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #19,398)

Who is named Hinchey

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

94% of people named Hinchey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hincheys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maurice Hinchey
American politician (1938–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinchey

Hinchey 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 Hinchey?: 1,293 people in the United States had the surname Hinchey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 238,782 Americans. It ranked 20,512th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinchey?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinchey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hinchey?: Maurice Hinchey, American politician (1938–2017).
Where is the surname Hinchey most common?: Wikidata records people named Hinchey in the United States.
Is the surname Hinchey getting more or less common?: More common. 1,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,293 in 2010, up 0.2%.