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    The surname Minks

    A surname, carried by 1,630 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M520

    Minks: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Minks #17,337, 1,630 people Minks: #17,337 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Minks #17,337, 1,630 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minks is more common than 89.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,630 people named Minks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,649.

    #17,337
    rank among US surnames
    1,630
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,128)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,331Uhler1,631189,298
    #17,337Shake1,630189,414
    #17,345Estey1,629189,531

    Who is named Minks

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

    93% of people named Minks identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Minks

    Minks 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 Minks?
    1,630 people in the United States had the surname Minks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,414 Americans. It ranked 17,337th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minks?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Minks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Minks getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,630 in 2010, down 1.2%.