How common is the surname Hine?

3,738 people in the United States had the surname Hine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,596 Americans. It ranked 8,770th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hine?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hine?

Lewis Hine, American sociologist and photographer (1874–1940), followed by Lyman Hine.

Where is the surname Hine most common?

Wikidata records people named Hine in the United States.

Is the surname Hine getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,738 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Hine

A surname, carried by 3,738 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hine is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,738 people named Hine in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,596 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,774.

#8,770

rank among US surnames

3,738

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #8,092)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,763	Henn	3,743	82,486
#8,765	Sullins	3,741	82,530
#8,768	Wolfson	3,740	82,552
#8,770	Hine	3,738	82,596
#8,772	Partain	3,737	82,619
#8,773	Peer	3,736	82,641

Who is named Hine

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

92% of people named Hine identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hines

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lewis Hine
American sociologist and photographer (1874–1940)
Lyman Hine
Bobsledder (1888–1930)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hine

Hine has the Soundex code H500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H500.

Questions

How common is the surname Hine?: 3,738 people in the United States had the surname Hine in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,596 Americans. It ranked 8,770th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hine?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hine identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hine?: Lewis Hine, American sociologist and photographer (1874–1940), followed by Lyman Hine.
Where is the surname Hine most common?: Wikidata records people named Hine in the United States.
Is the surname Hine getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,738 in 2010, down 1.0%.