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The surname In

A surname, carried by 1,492 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex I500

In: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer In #18,507, 1,492 people In: #18,507 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez In #18,507, 1,492 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). In is more common than 88.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,492 people named In in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,124.

#18,507
rank among US surnames
1,492
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+32.7%
change since 2000 (was #21,620)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#18,499Bouknight1,494206,657
#18,502Meidinger1,493206,795
#18,507In1,492206,934
#18,511Frain1,491207,073

Who is named In

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

91% of people named In identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 4.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 91%
  • White (not Hispanic) 4.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like In

In has the Soundex code I500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I500.

Questions

How common is the surname In?
1,492 people in the United States had the surname In in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 206,934 Americans. It ranked 18,507th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname In?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named In identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 4.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname In getting more or less common?
More common. 1,124 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,492 in 2010, up 33%.