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    The surname Minero

    A Spanish occupational surname, carried by 836 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M560

    Minero: #28,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Minero #28,525, 836 people Minero: #28,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Minero #28,525, 836 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minero is more common than 82.4% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    PIE word *mēy(H)nis Likely borrowed from Spanish Minero, as an occupational surname from Spanish minero m (“miner; one who mines or works in a mine”), occupational noun of Spanish mina f (“a mine, a cavern for mining”), itself borrowed borrowed from French mine f (“a mine”), inherited from Latin mina f (“an ore, a mine”), from Gaulish *mēnā (“an ore, a mine”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis f (“an ore, a metal, a mine”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēy(H)nis, Proto-Indo-European *(s)mēy(H)-.

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

    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 836 people named Minero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 369,313 Americans. That is up 33% since 2000, when the Census counted 630.

    #28,525
    rank among US surnames
    836
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +32.7%
    change since 2000 (was #34,071)

    Who is named Minero

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

    85% of people named Minero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 14% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
    • White (not Hispanic) 14%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Minero

    Minero has the Soundex code M560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M560.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Minero come from?
    PIE word *mēy(H)nis Likely borrowed from Spanish Minero, as an occupational surname from Spanish minero m (“miner; one who mines or works in a mine”), occupational noun of Spanish mina f (“a mine, a cavern for mining”), itself borrowed borrowed from French mine f (“a mine”), inherited from Latin…
    How common is the surname Minero?
    836 people in the United States had the surname Minero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 369,313 Americans. It ranked 28,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minero?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Minero identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Minero?
    Minero is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Minero getting more or less common?
    More common. 630 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 836 in 2010, up 33%.