# Lins (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 921 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,492 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 335,229 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.0% (1,084 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Lins 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Lins in Brazil.

## People named Lins

- Ivan Lins, Brazilian musician
- Dani Lins, Brazilian volleyball player
- Everson Lins Ferreira, Brazilian association football player
- Paulo Lins, Brazilian author
- Osman Lins, Brazilian novelist (1924-1978)

## Similar surnames

Lines, Linzy, Linsey, Liang, Link, Ling, Lingo, Limas, Linke, Linck, Linch, Lewinski.

## 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.