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    The surname Minnis

    A surname, carried by 3,216 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M520

    Minnis: #10,021 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Minnis #10,021, 3,216 people Minnis: #10,021 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Minnis #10,021, 3,216 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minnis is more common than 93.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,216 people named Minnis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 96,003 Americans. That is up 8.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,954.

    #10,021
    rank among US surnames
    3,216
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,062)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,013Eisele3,22095,884
    #10,015Ducote3,21995,913
    #10,019Billman3,21895,943
    #10,021Meltzer3,21696,003
    #10,023Baynes3,21596,033
    #10,026Ullman3,21396,093
    #10,029Trotman3,21296,123

    Who is named Minnis

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

    63% of people named Minnis identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Minnis

    Minnis 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 Minnis?
    3,216 people in the United States had the surname Minnis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 96,003 Americans. It ranked 10,021st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minnis?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Minnis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Minnis getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,216 in 2010, up 8.9%.