# Hynes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hynes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,104 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,388 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,098 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (7,807 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /haɪnz/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Eidhin (“descendant of Eidhin”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hynes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hynes in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hynes

- Louis Hynes, British actor
- John Hynes, American ice hockey coach
- Richard Hynes, British biologist and molecular biologist (1944–2026)

## Similar surnames

Haynes, Hines, Haines, Hanes, Hymes, Huang, Hong, Hoang, Hwang, Hanks, Hennessy, Himes.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.