Hines Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 54
Buckinghamshire 25
Berkshire 16
Cambridgeshire 55
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 70
Cornwall 15
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 37
Devon 37
Dorset 4
Durham 48
Essex 202
Gloucestershire 9
Hampshire 77
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 32
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 4
Isle of Man 0
Kent 58
Lancashire 331
Leicestershire 96
Lincolnshire 37
London 669
Middlesex 92
Northumberland 43
Norfolk 93
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 61
Oxfordshire 23
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 4
Shropshire 29
Suffolk 260
Somerset 55
Surrey 84
Sussex 32
Staffordshire 111
Warwickshire 184
Westmorland 9
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 56
Yorkshire 233

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 53
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 11
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Hines Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Hines family

Profession Census Frequency
School 331
Farm Labourer 39
General Labourer 37
Labourer 36
General Servant (domestic) 31
Coal Miner Hewer 18
Domestic Servant 15
None 15
Private Means 15
Dock Labourer 13
Dress Maker 12
Errand Boy 12
At Home 11
Clerk 11
Labourer On Farm 11
Charwoman 10
General Servant Domestic 10
Laundress 10
House Keeper 9
House Painter 9
Housemaid (domestic) 9
Carman 8
Scholar 8
Railway Labourer 8
Soldier 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Hines

Name Census Frequency
Mary Hines 1,118
William Hines 1,108
John Hines 927
Elizabeth Hines 663
Thomas Hines 604
James Hines 545
George Hines 509
Sarah Hines 454
Henry Hines 391
Ann Hines 346
Charles Hines 338
Eliza Hines 262
Robert Hines 247
Frederick Hines 241
Ellen Hines 235
Alice Hines 227
Annie Hines 226
Jane Hines 226
Joseph Hines 224
Emma Hines 218
Arthur Hines 210
Edward Hines 208
Hannah Hines 208
Alfred Hines 192
Margaret Hines 186

Hines Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Haines 83% 45,906
2 Hines 100% 16,856
3 Hains 60% 6,572
4 Hynes 80% 5,655
5 Hanes 80% 5,462
6 Hones 80% 3,138
7 Hans 60% 1,342
8 Heanes 67% 1,130
9 Hanis 60% 559
10 Huins 60% 459
11 Hins 80% 321
12 Huns 60% 303
13 Heans 40% 268
14 Heins 60% 242
15 Henes 80% 240
16 Hens 60% 174
17 Heinz 40% 131
18 Hanies 67% 114
19 Hanse 40% 112
20 Honse 40% 107
21 Hions 60% 103
22 Henis 60% 101

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The surname Hines is the 2nd most popular variant of Haines.

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