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    The surname Linch

    A surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L520

    Linch: #24,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Linch #24,370, 1,028 people Linch: #24,370 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Linch #24,370, 1,028 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Linch is more common than 85% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,028 people named Linch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 983.

    #24,370
    rank among US surnames
    1,028
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,968)

    Who is named Linch

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

    88% of people named Linch identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Linch

    Linch has the Soundex code L520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Linch?
    1,028 people in the United States had the surname Linch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Linch?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Linch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Linch getting more or less common?
    More common. 983 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 4.6%.