# Hinds (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hinds/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,337 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,375 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,131 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (14,291 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hinds in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hinds in the United States, Guyana, Canada and Barbados.

## People named Hinds

- Sam Hinds, 5th Prime Minister of Guyana
- Aisha Hinds, American actress
- Samuel S. Hinds, American actor (1875-1948)
- Brent Hinds, American guitarist and singer (1974–2025)
- Natalie Hinds, American swimmer
- Sterling Hinds, Athletics and football competitor
- Andrew Hinds, Barbadian athletics competitor (born 1984)
- Sidney Hinds, American military officer and sport shooter (1900–1991)
- James M. Hinds, American politician (1833-1868)

## Similar surnames

Hands, Hintz, Heintz, Huntsman, Hentz, Heintzelman, Hintze, Hentges, Hentschel, Huntzinger, Huntsinger.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.