# Tine (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/tine/  
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 | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 596 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,391 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 518,029 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (554 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Tinè, a surname predominantly found in Sicily. * An English surname, variant of Tyne. * An Americanized spelling of the German surname Thein.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Tine 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Similar surnames

Tinney, Tineo, Tune, Tien, Tone, Tin, Tian, Twine, Tan, Toney, Tamayo, Tam.

## 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.