How common is the surname Lines?

3,472 people in the United States had the surname Lines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lines?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Lines most common?

Wikidata records people named Lines in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Lines getting more or less common?

More common. 3,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 8.2%.

The surname Lines

A surname, carried by 3,472 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lines is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,472 people named Lines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. That is up 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,209.

#9,368

rank among US surnames

3,472

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+8.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,325)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,361	Mundt	3,475	88,848
#9,365	Callison	3,474	88,873
#9,366	Wear	3,473	88,899
#9,368	Liss	3,472	88,924
#9,373	Recker	3,471	88,950
#9,375	Canaday	3,470	88,976

Who is named Lines

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

91% of people named Lines identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Liness

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Lines
British athlete, 1893–1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lines

Lines 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 Lines?: 3,472 people in the United States had the surname Lines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,924 Americans. It ranked 9,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lines?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lines?: Mary Lines, British athlete.
Where is the surname Lines most common?: Wikidata records people named Lines in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Lines getting more or less common?: More common. 3,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,472 in 2010, up 8.2%.