# Mina (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,122 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,320 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 98,894 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (2,422 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mina in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 35% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 29% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 28% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mina in the United Kingdom and Egypt.

## People named Mina

- Denise Mina, British crime writer and playwright
- Michael Mina, American chef

## Similar surnames

Mena, Main, Min, Mian, Miano, Mineo, Maina, Mino, Mona, Mein, Minaya, Mann.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.