Last Name HINTON

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Meaning Local: Of Hinton. Parishes in the ioceses of Salisbury, Winchester, Oxford, Peterborough, and Bath and Wells.
Local: A borough in Wiltshire, England. Welsh, 'Henton,' the old town, from 'Hen,' old.
Origin English, Irish, Falkland

Rank 962 (2000 US census) 806 (1990 US census)
Count 33,209 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 55.63%, or 18474 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 40.04%, or 13297 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 103 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.14%, or 379 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.7%, or 565 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.18%, or 392 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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