# Jines (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 852 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,100 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 362,377 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.7% (894 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a rare English surname, variant of Joines, itself a midlands variant of Jones. * As a southern Spanish surname Jinés, probably a variant of the Catalan surname Ginés, see Gines.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jines 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jines in the United States.

## People named Jines

- Courtney Jines, American actress

## Similar surnames

Jones, Janes, Jaynes, Joines, Jaimes, Jinks, Jing, James, Johns, Jung, Jiang, Jonas.

## 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.