Find out how popular the last name Cineas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Cineas.

Cineas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Cineas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Cineas in America

Cineas is the 75564th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Cineas surname appeared 255 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Cineas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Cineas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Cineas

The surname CINEAS is of Greek origin, derived from the name Κινέας (Kineas), which was a personal name in ancient Greece. The name likely originated in the 4th century BC, during the time of the Macedonian Empire under Alexander the Great.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the name CINEAS is in reference to Kineas of Thessaly, a skilled orator and diplomat who served as an advisor to King Pyrrhus of Epirus in the 3rd century BC. Kineas was sent by Pyrrhus to negotiate with the Roman Senate after the Pyrrhic War, and his eloquent speech is said to have deeply impressed the Romans.

In the Middle Ages, the name CINEAS appeared in various forms, such as Kineas, Kinias, and Cinias, in Greek and Latin manuscripts from the Byzantine Empire. One notable figure bearing this name was Cineas of Corinth, a Greek scholar and author who lived in the 9th century AD.

The surname CINEAS has also been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One such person was Jacobus Cineas, a 15th-century Italian humanist and scholar from Florence, who was known for his translations of ancient Greek texts.

Another individual of note was Petrus Cineas, a 16th-century Dutch jurist and legal scholar who wrote extensively on Roman law and served as a professor at the University of Leiden.

In the 17th century, there was Johannes Cineas, a German theologian and philosopher who taught at the University of Wittenberg and was known for his writings on ethics and moral philosophy.

One of the more recent individuals with the surname CINEAS was Georgios Cineas, a 19th-century Greek politician and diplomat who served as the Foreign Minister of Greece in the 1860s.

While the surname CINEAS has its origins in ancient Greece, it has been adapted and used in various forms throughout different regions and time periods, reflecting the cultural and linguistic diversity of the areas where it has been present.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Cineas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Cineas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Cineas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Cineas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Cineas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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