How common is the surname Tinch?

1,763 people in the United States had the surname Tinch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Tinch?

Cordell Tinch, American athlete.

Where is the surname Tinch most common?

Wikidata records people named Tinch in the United States.

Is the surname Tinch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Tinch

A surname, carried by 1,763 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Tinch is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,763 people named Tinch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,504.

#16,343

rank among US surnames

1,763

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+17.2%

change since 2000 (was #17,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,338	Sifford	1,764	175,026
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Tinch

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

66% of people named Tinch identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 31%
Two or more races 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Tinchs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Cordell Tinch
American athlete, born 2000

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Tinch

Tinch has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Questions

How common is the surname Tinch?: 1,763 people in the United States had the surname Tinch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,125 Americans. It ranked 16,343rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Tinch?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Tinch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Tinch?: Cordell Tinch, American athlete.
Where is the surname Tinch most common?: Wikidata records people named Tinch in the United States.
Is the surname Tinch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,504 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,763 in 2010, up 17%.