How common is the surname Mines?

3,193 people in the United States had the surname Mines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,694 Americans. It ranked 10,092nd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mines getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,193 in 2010, down 4.5%.

The surname Mines

A surname, carried by 3,193 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). Mines is more common than 93.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,193 people named Mines in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,694 Americans. That is down 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,345.

#10,092

rank among US surnames

3,193

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-4.5%

change since 2000 (was #8,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,085	Risinger	3,196	96,604
#10,088	Kahle	3,195	96,634
#10,090	Koziol	3,194	96,664
#10,092	Mines	3,193	96,694
#10,095	Perrault	3,190	96,785
#10,099	Standish	3,189	96,816

Who is named Mines

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

51% of people named Mines identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 41%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mines

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

Questions

How common is the surname Mines?: 3,193 people in the United States had the surname Mines in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,694 Americans. It ranked 10,092nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mines?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Mines identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mines getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,345 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,193 in 2010, down 4.5%.