How common is the surname Minaya?

2,425 people in the United States had the surname Minaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,318 Americans. It ranked 12,729th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Minaya?

Justin Minaya, American basketball player.

Where is the surname Minaya most common?

Wikidata records people named Minaya in the United States.

Is the surname Minaya getting more or less common?

More common. 1,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,425 in 2010, up 40%.

The surname Minaya

A Spanish place surname, carried by 2,425 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minaya is more common than 92.2% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Minaya.

Minaya is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,425 people named Minaya in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,318 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,733.

#12,729

rank among US surnames

2,425

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+39.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,720	Marlatt	2,427	127,213
#12,724	Palmeri	2,426	127,265
#12,729	McLennan	2,425	127,318
#12,732	Nishimura	2,424	127,370

Who is named Minaya

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

94% of people named Minaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.6% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Minayas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justin Minaya
American basketball player, born 1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Minaya

Minaya has the Soundex code M500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M500.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Minaya come from?: Habitational surname borrowed from Spanish Minaya.
How common is the surname Minaya?: 2,425 people in the United States had the surname Minaya in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,318 Americans. It ranked 12,729th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minaya?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Minaya identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.6% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Minaya?: Justin Minaya, American basketball player.
Where is the surname Minaya most common?: Wikidata records people named Minaya in the United States.
What type of surname is Minaya?: Minaya is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Minaya getting more or less common?: More common. 1,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,425 in 2010, up 40%.