How common is the surname Hinrichs?

4,825 people in the United States had the surname Hinrichs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,989 Americans. It ranked 6,952nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hinrichs?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hinrichs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hinrichs getting more or less common?

More common. 4,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,825 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Hinrichs

A surname, carried by 4,825 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H562

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinrichs is more common than 95.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,825 people named Hinrichs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,989 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,774.

#6,952

rank among US surnames

4,825

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,547)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,947	Brockway	4,828	63,949
#6,948	Nez	4,827	63,962
#6,949	Nay	4,826	63,975
#6,952	Hinrichs	4,825	63,989
#6,954	Summerlin	4,824	64,002
#6,955	Bly	4,823	64,015

Who is named Hinrichs

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

96% of people named Hinrichs identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinrichs

Hinrichs has the Soundex code H562, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H562.

Questions

How common is the surname Hinrichs?: 4,825 people in the United States had the surname Hinrichs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,989 Americans. It ranked 6,952nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinrichs?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hinrichs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hinrichs getting more or less common?: More common. 4,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,825 in 2010, up 1.1%.