How common is the surname Hinkley?

4,271 people in the United States had the surname Hinkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,289 Americans. It ranked 7,771st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hinkley?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Hinkley most common?

Wikidata records people named Hinkley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Hinkley?

Hinkley is /ˈhɪŋkli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Hinkley getting more or less common?

More common. 4,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,271 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Hinkley

A surname, carried by 4,271 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɪŋkli/ 2 syllables Soundex H524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinkley is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,271 people named Hinkley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,289 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,136.

#7,771

rank among US surnames

4,271

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,428)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,763	DiMarco	4,275	72,221
#7,765	Fortson	4,273	72,255
#7,767	Niemi	4,272	72,272
#7,771	Hinkley	4,271	72,289
#7,772	Grewal	4,270	72,306
#7,774	McCollough	4,269	72,323

Who is named Hinkley

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

94% of people named Hinkley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hinkleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tommy Hinkley
American actor, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinkley

Hinkley has the Soundex code H524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H524.

Questions

How common is the surname Hinkley?: 4,271 people in the United States had the surname Hinkley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,289 Americans. It ranked 7,771st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinkley?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hinkley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hinkley?: Tommy Hinkley, American actor.
Where is the surname Hinkley most common?: Wikidata records people named Hinkley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Hinkley?: Hinkley is /ˈhɪŋkli/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Hinkley getting more or less common?: More common. 4,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,271 in 2010, up 3.3%.