How common is the surname Hintz?

7,406 people in the United States had the surname Hintz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,689 Americans. It ranked 4,776th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hintz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hintz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Hintz getting more or less common?

More common. 7,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,406 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Hintz

A surname, carried by 7,406 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hintz is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,406 people named Hintz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,689 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,242.

#4,776

rank among US surnames

7,406

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,767	Kuo	7,426	41,576
#4,768	McDevitt	7,425	41,582
#4,769	Carnahan	7,424	41,587
#4,770	Falcone	7,423	41,593
#4,771	Grim	7,418	41,621
#4,772	Ching	7,417	41,627
#4,774	Whitehurst	7,412	41,655

Who is named Hintz

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

95% of people named Hintz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hintz

Hintz has the Soundex code H532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H532.

Questions

How common is the surname Hintz?: 7,406 people in the United States had the surname Hintz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,689 Americans. It ranked 4,776th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hintz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hintz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hintz getting more or less common?: More common. 7,242 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,406 in 2010, up 2.3%.