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    The surname Minton

    A surname, carried by 13,737 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M535

    Minton: #2,626 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Minton #2,626, 13,737 people Minton: #2,626 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Minton #2,626, 13,737 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minton is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 13,737 people named Minton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,475 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,667.

    #2,626
    rank among US surnames
    13,737
    people in 2010
    4.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,426)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,617Andrew13,76422,431
    #2,618Estrella13,75822,441
    #2,619Tharp13,75722,443
    #2,620Parrott13,75322,449
    #2,621Christy13,75022,454
    #2,622Singletary13,74922,456
    #2,623Mateo13,74622,461

    Who is named Minton

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

    90% of people named Minton identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mintons

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Minton
      American bobsledder (1904–1974)
    • Faith Minton
      Actress and stuntwoman, born 1957
    • Big John Studd
      American professional wrestler and actor (1948-1995)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Minton

    Minton has the Soundex code M535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Minton?
    13,737 people in the United States had the surname Minton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,475 Americans. It ranked 2,626th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Minton?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Minton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Minton?
    Robert Minton, American bobsledder (1904–1974), followed by Faith Minton.
    Where is the surname Minton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Minton in the United States.
    Is the surname Minton getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,737 in 2010, up 0.5%.