Hynes is a surname, many examples of which originate as the anglicisation the Irish name Ó hEidhin.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, the modern name Hynes and its variants derive from two quite different medieval names.
Around 2011, there were 3320 bearers of the surname Hynes in Great Britain and 3605 in Ireland.
In 1881, there were 717 bearers of the name in Great Britain, with higher frequencies in the north of England, especially Lancashire; Devon and Cornwall; and also central Scotland, especially Lanarkshire.
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