How common is the surname Hinckley?

4,227 people in the United States had the surname Hinckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,041 Americans. It ranked 7,835th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hinckley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinckley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hinckley?

John Hinckley, attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955).

Where is the surname Hinckley most common?

Wikidata records people named Hinckley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hinckley?

Hinckley is /ˈhɪŋkli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hinckley getting more or less common?

More common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,227 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Hinckley

A surname, carried by 4,227 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɪŋkli/ 2 syllables Soundex H524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinckley is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,227 people named Hinckley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,041 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,924.

#7,835

rank among US surnames

4,227

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,817)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,829	Moise	4,230	72,989
#7,830	Poynter	4,229	73,007
#7,831	Prevost	4,228	73,024
#7,835	Gambill	4,227	73,041
#7,837	Percy	4,226	73,059
#7,838	Dutra	4,225	73,076

Who is named Hinckley

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

94% of people named Hinckley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hinckleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Hinckley
Attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinckley

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

Questions

How common is the surname Hinckley?: 4,227 people in the United States had the surname Hinckley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,041 Americans. It ranked 7,835th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinckley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinckley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hinckley?: John Hinckley, attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955).
Where is the surname Hinckley most common?: Wikidata records people named Hinckley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hinckley?: Hinckley is /ˈhɪŋkli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hinckley getting more or less common?: More common. 3,924 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,227 in 2010, up 7.7%.