# Hines (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 71,717 |
| US rank (2010) | 462 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,305 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.2% (68,145 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /haɪnz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hines 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) | 58% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hines in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hines

- Gregory Hines, American actor and dancer (1946–2003)
- Cheryl Hines, American actress
- Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player (1946–2023)
- Earl Hines, American jazz pianist (1903–1983)
- Brendan Hines, American actor and singer
- Kyle Hines, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Robert Hines, American astronaut
- Garrett Hines, American bobsledder
- Connie Hines, American actress (1931-2009)
- Tiffany Hines, American actress
- Zavon Hines, association football player (born 1988)
- Maurice Hines, American singer, actor and director

and 5 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Haynes, Haines, Hanes, Hynes, Hinz, Heins, Hinze, Himes, Hinshaw, Hinchey, Huang, Hong.

## 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.