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The surname Hinkson

A surname, carried by 2,067 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H525

Hinkson: #14,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hinkson #14,453, 2,067 people Hinkson: #14,453 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hinkson #14,453, 2,067 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinkson is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,067 people named Hinkson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 149,369 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,668.

#14,453
rank among US surnames
2,067
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+23.9%
change since 2000 (was #15,984)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,447Hulme2,068149,297
#14,453Lobb2,067149,369
#14,458Fray2,066149,441

Who is named Hinkson

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

66% of people named Hinkson identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 66%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 26%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinkson

Hinkson has the Soundex code H525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H525.

Questions

How common is the surname Hinkson?
2,067 people in the United States had the surname Hinkson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 149,369 Americans. It ranked 14,453rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinkson?
In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Hinkson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Hinkson getting more or less common?
More common. 1,668 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,067 in 2010, up 24%.