How common is the surname Minshew?

1,128 people in the United States had the surname Minshew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Minshew?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Minshew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Minshew?

Gardner Minshew, American football player (born 1996).

Where is the surname Minshew most common?

Wikidata records people named Minshew in the United States.

Is the surname Minshew getting more or less common?

More common. 1,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, up 0.6%.

The surname Minshew

A surname, carried by 1,128 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minshew is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,128 people named Minshew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,121.

#22,721

rank among US surnames

1,128

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+0.6%

change since 2000 (was #21,666)

Who is named Minshew

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

95% of people named Minshew identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Minshews

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gardner Minshew
American football player (born 1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Minshew

Minshew 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 Minshew?: 1,128 people in the United States had the surname Minshew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,711 Americans. It ranked 22,721st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minshew?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Minshew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Minshew?: Gardner Minshew, American football player (born 1996).
Where is the surname Minshew most common?: Wikidata records people named Minshew in the United States.
Is the surname Minshew getting more or less common?: More common. 1,121 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,128 in 2010, up 0.6%.