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    The surname Mincer

    A Polish occupational surname, carried by 545 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M526

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mincer is more common than 75.2% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    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”).

    Mincer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 545 people named Mincer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. That is down 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 559.

    #40,204
    rank among US surnames
    545
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.5%
    change since 2000 (was #37,480)

    Who is named Mincer

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

    82% of people named Mincer identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mincers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jacob Mincer
      American economist (1922–2006)

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    Surnames that sound like Mincer

    Mincer has the Soundex code M526, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M526.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mincer come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Mincer?
    545 people in the United States had the surname Mincer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 566,506 Americans. It ranked 40,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mincer?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Mincer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mincer?
    Jacob Mincer, American economist (1922–2006).
    Where is the surname Mincer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mincer in Second Polish Republic.
    What type of surname is Mincer?
    Mincer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Mincer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 559 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 545 in 2010, down 2.5%.