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    The surname Mink

    A surname, carried by 5,922 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

    Mink: #5,841 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mink #5,841, 5,922 people Mink: #5,841 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mink #5,841, 5,922 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mink is more common than 96.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 5,922 people named Mink in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,135 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,590.

    #5,841
    rank among US surnames
    5,922
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,689)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,836Reinke5,92652,100
    #5,837Dizon5,92452,118
    #5,838Bentz5,92352,127
    #5,841Thurmond5,92252,135
    #5,843Sorrells5,92152,144

    Who is named Mink

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

    93% of people named Mink identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Minks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Patsy Mink
      American politician (1927–2002)
    • Jessica Mink
      American astronomer and theoretical computing, born 1951

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mink

    Mink 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 Mink?
    5,922 people in the United States had the surname Mink in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,135 Americans. It ranked 5,841st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mink?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mink identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Mink?
    Patsy Mink, American politician (1927–2002), followed by Jessica Mink.
    Where is the surname Mink most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mink in the United States.
    Is the surname Mink getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,922 in 2010, up 5.9%.