How common is the surname Hindman?

6,056 people in the United States had the surname Hindman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,982 Americans. It ranked 5,727th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hindman?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hindman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hindman?

Earl Hindman, American actor (1942–2003), followed by Thomas C. Hindman.

Where is the surname Hindman most common?

Wikidata records people named Hindman in the United States.

Is the surname Hindman getting more or less common?

More common. 5,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,056 in 2010, up 8.4%.

The surname Hindman

A surname, carried by 6,056 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hindman is more common than 96.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,056 people named Hindman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,982 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,587.

#5,727

rank among US surnames

6,056

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+8.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,693)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,722	Shaikh	6,063	50,923
#5,724	Mulkey	6,061	50,940
#5,725	Funderburk	6,058	50,965
#5,727	Hindman	6,056	50,982

Who is named Hindman

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

93% of people named Hindman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hindmans

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Earl Hindman
American actor (1942–2003)
Thomas C. Hindman
American politician and Confederate States Army general in the Civil War (1828–1868)
William Hindman
American politician (1743-1822)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hindman

Hindman has the Soundex code H535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H535.

Questions

How common is the surname Hindman?: 6,056 people in the United States had the surname Hindman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,982 Americans. It ranked 5,727th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hindman?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Hindman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hindman?: Earl Hindman, American actor (1942–2003), followed by Thomas C. Hindman.
Where is the surname Hindman most common?: Wikidata records people named Hindman in the United States.
Is the surname Hindman getting more or less common?: More common. 5,587 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,056 in 2010, up 8.4%.