How common is the surname Hinshaw?

4,466 people in the United States had the surname Hinshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. It ranked 7,463rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hinshaw?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hinshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hinshaw?

Ashley Hinshaw, American actress, followed by Andrew J. Hinshaw.

Where is the surname Hinshaw most common?

Wikidata records people named Hinshaw in the United States.

Is the surname Hinshaw getting more or less common?

More common. 4,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,466 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Hinshaw

A surname, carried by 4,466 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinshaw is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

Variant of Henshaw.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,466 people named Hinshaw in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,398.

#7,463

rank among US surnames

4,466

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,026)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,457	Bessette	4,469	69,086
#7,459	Swaney	4,468	69,102
#7,461	Shockey	4,467	69,117
#7,463	Herren	4,466	69,132
#7,465	Boyett	4,465	69,148
#7,466	Hance	4,464	69,163

Who is named Hinshaw

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

92% of people named Hinshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hinshaws

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ashley Hinshaw
American actress, born 1988
Andrew J. Hinshaw
American politician (1923-2016)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinshaw

Hinshaw has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

Questions

Where does the surname Hinshaw come from?: Variant of Henshaw.
How common is the surname Hinshaw?: 4,466 people in the United States had the surname Hinshaw in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 69,132 Americans. It ranked 7,463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinshaw?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Hinshaw identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hinshaw?: Ashley Hinshaw, American actress, followed by Andrew J. Hinshaw.
Where is the surname Hinshaw most common?: Wikidata records people named Hinshaw in the United States.
Is the surname Hinshaw getting more or less common?: More common. 4,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,466 in 2010, up 1.5%.