Explore the Family Name Hindmarsh

The meaning of Hindmarsh

English (Northumberland and Durham): apparently a habitational name from a lost or as yet unidentified place called Hindmarsh, probably in northeastern England, or else a topographic name for someone who lived or came from ‘behind (beyond) the marsh’, from Old English (bi)hindan ‘behind, beyond’ + mersc ‘marsh’.

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How common is the last name Hindmarsh in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Hindmarsh has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, the surname ranked 62,577 in popularity and by 2010 it fell to 65,424, showing a decline of 4.55%. Nevertheless, the actual count of individuals with the Hindmarsh surname increased marginally from 299 in 2000 to 303 in 2010, representing a change of 1.34%. However, the proportion per 100,000 of the population decreased by 9.09% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#62,577	#65,424	-4.55%
Count	299	303	1.34%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Hindmarsh

The ethnicity of individuals with the Hindmarsh surname also showed some shifting trends based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. The dominant ethnic identity for this surname remained White, although it decreased slightly from 97.32% in 2000 to 95.38% in 2010. On the other hand, there was a small emergence of individuals identifying as two or more races, accounting for 2.31% in 2010, up from 0% in 2000. Notably, no individuals with the Hindmarsh surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native during either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.32%	95.38%	-1.99%
Two or More Races	0%	2.31%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%