# Mincer (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 545 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,204 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 566,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.5% (559 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Polish Mincer, the local spelling of the German surname Mintzer. * Metonymic occupational surname for a butcher, a cook, or a warrior, from a derivative of Middle English mincen (“to mince”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mincer 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mincer in Second Polish Republic.

## People named Mincer

- Jacob Mincer, American economist (1922–2006)

## Similar surnames

Mancera, Minjarez, Minjares, Mansour, Munger, Moncrief, Mangrum, Manjarrez, Monger, Mansur, Manger, Monjaras.

## 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.