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    The surname Minix

    A surname, carried by 2,552 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

    Minix: #12,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Minix #12,204, 2,552 people Minix: #12,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Minix #12,204, 2,552 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minix is more common than 92.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,552 people named Minix in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,982 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,112.

    #12,204
    rank among US surnames
    2,552
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +20.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,249)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,198Moro2,554120,887
    #12,199Baney2,553120,934
    #12,204Stimson2,552120,982
    #12,208Getchell2,551121,029
    #12,212Wicklund2,550121,077

    Who is named Minix

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

    77% of people named Minix identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Minix

    Minix 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 Minix?
    2,552 people in the United States had the surname Minix in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,982 Americans. It ranked 12,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minix?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Minix identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Minix getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,112 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,552 in 2010, up 21%.