How common is the surname McMinn?

4,993 people in the United States had the surname McMinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,836 Americans. It ranked 6,752nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname McMinn?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McMinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname McMinn most common?

Wikidata records people named McMinn in the United States.

Is the surname McMinn getting more or less common?

More common. 4,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,993 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname McMinn

A surname, carried by 4,993 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMinn is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Méinn.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,993 people named McMinn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,836 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,880.

#6,752

rank among US surnames

4,993

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,424)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,749	Batres	4,996	61,799
#6,750	Benge	4,995	61,811
#6,751	Tseng	4,994	61,823
#6,752	McMinn	4,993	61,836

Who is named McMinn

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named McMinn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous McMinns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teri McMinn
American actress, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McMinn

McMinn has the Soundex code M255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M255.

Questions

Where does the surname McMinn come from?: Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Méinn.
How common is the surname McMinn?: 4,993 people in the United States had the surname McMinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,836 Americans. It ranked 6,752nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McMinn?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named McMinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named McMinn?: Teri McMinn, American actress.
Where is the surname McMinn most common?: Wikidata records people named McMinn in the United States.
Is the surname McMinn getting more or less common?: More common. 4,880 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,993 in 2010, up 2.3%.