How common is the surname Hires?

1,586 people in the United States had the surname Hires in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Hires most common?

Wikidata records people named Hires in the United States.

Is the surname Hires getting more or less common?

More common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Hires

A surname, carried by 1,586 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hires is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,586 people named Hires in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,493.

#17,691

rank among US surnames

1,586

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,419)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,682	Najjar	1,587	194,547
#17,691	Pangburn	1,586	194,669
#17,699	Orwig	1,585	194,792

Who is named Hires

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

80% of people named Hires identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hiress

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justin Hires
American actor, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hires

Hires has the Soundex code H620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H620.

Questions

How common is the surname Hires?: 1,586 people in the United States had the surname Hires in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hires?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Hires identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Hires?: Justin Hires, American actor.
Where is the surname Hires most common?: Wikidata records people named Hires in the United States.
Is the surname Hires getting more or less common?: More common. 1,493 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 6.2%.