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    The surname Innes

    A surname, carried by 2,893 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex I520

    Innes: #10,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Innes #10,993, 2,893 people Innes: #10,993 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Innes #10,993, 2,893 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Innes is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,893 people named Innes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,722 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,735.

    #10,993
    rank among US surnames
    2,893
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,714)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,986Repp2,895106,648
    #10,987Locker2,894106,685
    #10,993Chupp2,893106,722
    #10,998Killebrew2,892106,758

    Who is named Innes

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

    90% of people named Innes identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Inness

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Laura Innes
      American actress, born 1957
    • Robert T. A. Innes
      British astronomer (1861–1933)
    • Scott Innes
      American actor, born 1966
    • George Innes
      British actor, born 1938

    Notable Inness come mostly from the United States (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Innes

    Innes has the Soundex code I520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code I520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Innes?
    2,893 people in the United States had the surname Innes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,722 Americans. It ranked 10,993rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Innes?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Innes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Innes?
    Laura Innes, American actress, followed by Robert T. A. Innes.
    Where is the surname Innes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Innes in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Innes getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,735 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,893 in 2010, up 5.8%.
    What are other spellings of Innes?
    Inniss.