# Hinkle (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hinkle/  
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) | 22,983 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,565 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,434 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (22,581 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hinkle 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hinkle in the United States.

## People named Hinkle

- Marin Hinkle, American actress
- Jackson Hinkle, American political commentator
- James F. Hinkle, American politician (1864-1951)
- Jaelene Hinkle, American soccer player
- Beatrice M. Hinkle, American Jungian psychiatrist (1874–1953)

## Similar surnames

Henkel, Hinkley, Hinckley, Hinkel, Henkle, Hensley, Hensel, Hänsel, Hensler, Henslee, Hanselman, Hansell.

## 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.