Hymes is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Hymes
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Hymes

How popular is Hymes?

Hymes is common in United States.

Hymes is ranked 155500 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Hymes bearers increased by 3.077652 per cent in 2010 US census to 2177 since 2000, the surname slipped by 625 spots and ranked at 13874. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 49.89 53.74
Black 45.11 42.47
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.33
Others 2.16 1.8
Hymes is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in United States Virgin Islands. Around 2400 people have been found who wears Hymes as their family name. Hymes have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
179,761 Australia6
219,873 France2
18,625 Japan2
20,595 China2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
18,969 Wales1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
36,678 Singapore1
47,891 Norway1
56,169 Mexico1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
83,908 England38
144,062 Canada16
Countries with thousands of Hymes:
14,581 United States2,326

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Hymes worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 36 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Elsinore and arrived on November 18, 1848. Patt Hymes, aged 24, Rose Hymes, aged 19, James Hymes, aged 60, 56 years old Honnora Hymes, Biddy Hymes (15) Immigrant, Immigrant Catherine Hymes, John Hymes, aged 23, 20 years old Mary Hymes, are other Hymes that migrated to US.

Hymes Namesakes

  • Randy Hymes, Football player
  • Deeda Hymes, Actress
  • Dell Hymes, Anthropologist
  • Demond Hymes, Football running back
  • Dell Hymes, Anthropologist

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