How common is the surname Minch?

2,010 people in the United States had the surname Minch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. It ranked 14,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Minch?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Minch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Minch getting more or less common?

More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,010 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Minch

A surname, carried by 2,010 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minch is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

Reduced form of Minnish or Minchin.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,010 people named Minch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,978.

#14,775

rank among US surnames

2,010

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #13,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,768	Ban	2,011	153,528
#14,775	Secrist	2,010	153,605
#14,781	Bibi	2,009	153,681
#14,783	Gilyard	2,008	153,758

Who is named Minch

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

95% of people named Minch identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

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Surnames that sound like Minch

Minch has the Soundex code M520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M520.

Questions

Where does the surname Minch come from?: Reduced form of Minnish or Minchin.
How common is the surname Minch?: 2,010 people in the United States had the surname Minch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,605 Americans. It ranked 14,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minch?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Minch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Minch getting more or less common?: More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,010 in 2010, up 1.6%.