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    The surname Hymes

    A surname, carried by 2,177 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H520

    Hymes: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hymes #13,874, 2,177 people Hymes: #13,874 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hymes #13,874, 2,177 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hymes is more common than 91.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,177 people named Hymes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,112.

    #13,874
    rank among US surnames
    2,177
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,249)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,867Flock2,179141,691
    #13,871Seman2,178141,756
    #13,874Hymes2,177141,822
    #13,883Vandenheuvel2,176141,887

    Who is named Hymes

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

    50% of people named Hymes identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 45%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hymes

    Hymes has the Soundex code H520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hymes?
    2,177 people in the United States had the surname Hymes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,822 Americans. It ranked 13,874th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hymes?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Hymes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Hymes getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,177 in 2010, up 3.1%.