Explore the Family Name Tsinnijinnie

The meaning of Tsinnijinnie

Native American (Navajo): from an American English spelling of the name of the Navajo clan Tsi’naajinii (in English Black Streak Wood People).

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

The surname Tsinnijinnie has seen a slight increase in popularity, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, this surname ranked 52,714th in terms of popularity and the count of people with this surname was 369. By 2010, the surname had moved up slightly in rank to 52,619th and the count increased by 6.78% to 394. Despite this increase in count, the proportion of people with the Tsinnijinnie surname per 100,000 decreased by 7.14% from 0.14 in 2000 to 0.13 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#52,714	#52,619	0.18%
Count	369	394	6.78%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Tsinnijinnie

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the Tsinnijinnie surname is predominantly associated with American Indian and Alaskan Native heritage. In 2000, 98.10% of individuals with this surname identified as American Indian or Alaskan Native. By 2010, this percentage decreased slightly to 95.69%. During the same period, there was an emergence of individuals with this surname identifying with two or more races, rising from 0% in 2000 to 2.28% in 2010. Additionally, there was a small percentage (1.52%) of individuals with the Tsinnijinnie surname who identified as Hispanic in 2010. No change was observed in other ethnic identities including Asian/Pacific Islander, White, and Black.

	2000	2010	Change
American Indian and Alaskan Native	98.1%	95.69%	-2.46%
Two or More Races	0%	2.28%	0%
Hispanic	0%	1.52%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
White	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%