The surname Hinson
A surname, carried by 19,857 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex H525
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,857 people named Hinson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,548 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,293.
#1,807
rank among US surnames
19,857
people in 2010
6.7
per 100,000 Americans
+2.9%
change since 2000 (was #1,706)
Who is named Hinson
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
83% of people named Hinson identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 83%
- Black (not Hispanic) 13%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Hinson 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 Hinson?
- 19,857 people in the United States had the surname Hinson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,548 Americans. It ranked 1,807th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Hinson?
- In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Hinson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Hinson getting more or less common?
- More common. 19,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,857 in 2010, up 2.9%.