How common is the surname Minto?

1,802 people in the United States had the surname Minto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. It ranked 16,071st of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Minto?

Minto is /ˈmɪntoʊ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Minto getting more or less common?

More common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,802 in 2010, up 36%.

The surname Minto

A place surname, carried by 1,802 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɪntoʊ/ 2 syllables Soundex M530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minto is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Cumbric *mïnïδ (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, *kemǝk- (“joint, legbone”). The latter element was added after the meaning of the former had become obscure. Recorded as Munethov in 1166 and Mynetowe in 1296.

Minto is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,802 people named Minto in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. That is up 36% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,324.

#16,071

rank among US surnames

1,802

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+36.1%

change since 2000 (was #19,028)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,064	Ochsner	1,803	171,240
#16,071	Vales	1,802	171,335
#16,079	Wynkoop	1,801	171,430

Who is named Minto

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

70% of people named Minto identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Minto

Minto has the Soundex code M530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M530.

Questions

Where does the surname Minto come from?: Refers to the Minto Hills near the Scottish village. A pleonastic compound of Cumbric *mïnïδ (“mountain”), from Proto-Brythonic *mönɨð, from Proto-Celtic *moniyos, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to tower, stand out”), and Old English hōh (“hill spur, promontory”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz…
How common is the surname Minto?: 1,802 people in the United States had the surname Minto in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,335 Americans. It ranked 16,071st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minto?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Minto identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Minto?: Minto is /ˈmɪntoʊ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Minto?: Minto is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Minto getting more or less common?: More common. 1,324 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,802 in 2010, up 36%.