How common is the surname Hinton?

35,606 people in the United States had the surname Hinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,671 Americans. It ranked 979th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Hinton?

Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist, followed by S. E. Hinton.

Where is the surname Hinton most common?

Wikidata records people named Hinton in the United States and Canada.

Is the surname Hinton getting more or less common?

More common. 33,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,606 in 2010, up 7.2%.

The surname Hinton

An English place surname, carried by 35,606 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H535

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hinton is more common than 99.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Hinton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 35,606 people named Hinton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,671 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,209.

#979

rank among US surnames

35,606

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+7.2%

change since 2000 (was #962)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#970	Cherry	35,877	8,606
#971	Compton	35,830	8,617
#972	Dudley	35,781	8,629
#973	Sierra	35,770	8,631
#974	Pollard	35,749	8,636
#975	Alfaro	35,725	8,642
#976	Hester	35,642	8,662

Who is named Hinton

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

53% of people named Hinton identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 53%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hintons

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist, born 1947
S. E. Hinton
American writer, born 1948
Jerrika Hinton
American actress, born 1981
Milt Hinton
American musician and photographer (1910-2000)
Joan Hinton
American physicist (1921–2010)
Nate Hinton
American basketball player (born 1999)
Shauntay Hinton
American beauty pageant contestant, born 1979
Darby Hinton
Actor, born 1957

Notable Hintons come mostly from the United States (7) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hinton

Hinton has the Soundex code H535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H535.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hinton come from?: From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Hinton?: 35,606 people in the United States had the surname Hinton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,671 Americans. It ranked 979th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hinton?: In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Hinton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hinton?: Geoffrey Hinton, British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist, followed by S. E. Hinton.
Where is the surname Hinton most common?: Wikidata records people named Hinton in the United States and Canada.
What type of surname is Hinton?: Hinton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hinton getting more or less common?: More common. 33,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 35,606 in 2010, up 7.2%.