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The surname Hymas

A surname, carried by 1,077 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H520

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hymas is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of Haymes.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,077 people named Hymas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 931.

#23,576
rank among US surnames
1,077
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+15.7%
change since 2000 (was #25,028)

Who is named Hymas

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

95% of people named Hymas identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
  • Two or more races 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hymas

Hymas 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 Hymas come from?
Perhaps a variant of Haymes.
How common is the surname Hymas?
1,077 people in the United States had the surname Hymas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,672 Americans. It ranked 23,576th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hymas?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Hymas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Hymas getting more or less common?
More common. 931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,077 in 2010, up 16%.