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    The surname Mingo

    A surname, carried by 4,899 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

    Mingo: #6,866 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mingo #6,866, 4,899 people Mingo: #6,866 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mingo #6,866, 4,899 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mingo is more common than 95.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,899 people named Mingo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,022 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,325.

    #6,866
    rank among US surnames
    4,899
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,125)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,863Wight4,90462,958
    #6,864Scharf4,90162,996
    #6,865Therrien4,90063,009
    #6,866Mingo4,89963,022

    Who is named Mingo

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

    65% of people named Mingo identified as Black (not Hispanic), 24% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 65%
    • White (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Mingos

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Barkevious Mingo
      American football player (born 1990)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mingo

    Mingo 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 Mingo?
    4,899 people in the United States had the surname Mingo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,022 Americans. It ranked 6,866th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mingo?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Mingo identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 24% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mingo?
    Barkevious Mingo, American football player (born 1990).
    Where is the surname Mingo most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mingo in the United States.
    Is the surname Mingo getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,899 in 2010, up 13%.