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    The surname Hindley

    An English place surname, carried by 494 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H534

    Hindley: #43,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hindley #43,651, 494 people Hindley: #43,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hindley #43,651, 494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hindley is more common than 73.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).

    Hindley 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 494 people named Hindley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. That is down 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 544.

    #43,651
    rank among US surnames
    494
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #38,263)

    Who is named Hindley

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

    96% of people named Hindley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hindleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jai Hindley
      Australian cyclist, born 1996

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hindley

    Hindley has the Soundex code H534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H534.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hindley come from?
    From Old English hind (“hind, female deer”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to hind + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Hindley?
    494 people in the United States had the surname Hindley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. It ranked 43,651st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hindley?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hindley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Hindley?
    Jai Hindley, Australian cyclist.
    Where is the surname Hindley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hindley in Australia.
    What type of surname is Hindley?
    Hindley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hindley getting more or less common?
    Less common. 544 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 494 in 2010, down 9.2%.