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    The surname Hindmarsh

    An English place surname, carried by 303 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H535

    Hindmarsh: #65,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Hindmarsh #65,424, 303 people Hindmarsh: #65,424 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Hindmarsh #65,424, 303 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hindmarsh is more common than 59.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”). Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.

    Hindmarsh 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 303 people named Hindmarsh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,018,962 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 299.

    #65,424
    rank among US surnames
    303
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #62,577)

    Who is named Hindmarsh

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

    95% of people named Hindmarsh identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Hindmarsh

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hindmarsh come from?
    Topographic surname for someone who lived by a marsh, from Old English hindan (“behind”) + mersċ (“marsh”). Australian places were named after John Hindmarsh.
    How common is the surname Hindmarsh?
    303 people in the United States had the surname Hindmarsh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,018,962 Americans. It ranked 65,424th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hindmarsh?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hindmarsh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Hindmarsh?
    Hindmarsh is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Hindmarsh getting more or less common?
    More common. 299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 303 in 2010, up 1.3%.