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    The surname Minassian

    An Armenian surname, carried by 1,052 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M525

    Minassian: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Minassian #23,978, 1,052 people Minassian: #23,978 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Minassian #23,978, 1,052 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minassian is more common than 85.2% of them.

    Origin

    Armenian origin

    Variant of Minasyan.

    One of 47 Armenian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,052 people named Minassian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 985.

    #23,978
    rank among US surnames
    1,052
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #23,922)

    Who is named Minassian

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

    97% of people named Minassian identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Minassian

    Minassian has the Soundex code M525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M525.

    Other Armenian surnames

    All 47 Armenian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Minassian come from?
    Variant of Minasyan.
    How common is the surname Minassian?
    1,052 people in the United States had the surname Minassian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 293,484 Americans. It ranked 23,978th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minassian?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Minassian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Minassian getting more or less common?
    More common. 985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,052 in 2010, up 6.8%.