# Mintz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mintz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,853 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,896 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 52,750 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.8% (5,901 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mintz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mintz in the United States and Austria.

## People named Mintz

- Dan Mintz, American actor, comedian and writer
- Beatrice Mintz, American biologist (1921–2022)
- Charles Mintz, American film producer and distributor (1889-1939)
- Brent Spiner, American actor
- Marjorie Perloff, American academic (1931–2024)

## Similar surnames

Montez, Mantz, Muntz, Montz, Mendoza, Mendez, Montgomery, Montes, Montague, Mendes, Mandujano, Montesdeoca.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.