How common is the surname Mintz?

5,853 people in the United States had the surname Mintz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,750 Americans. It ranked 5,896th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mintz?

Dan Mintz, American actor, comedian and writer, followed by Beatrice Mintz.

Where is the surname Mintz most common?

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

Is the surname Mintz getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,853 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Mintz

A surname, carried by 5,853 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mintz is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,853 people named Mintz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,750 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,901.

#5,896

rank among US surnames

5,853

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #5,428)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,890	Plant	5,858	52,705
#5,892	McCaskill	5,857	52,714
#5,894	Theriault	5,855	52,732
#5,896	Mintz	5,853	52,750
#5,897	Bogle	5,851	52,768

Who is named Mintz

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

83% of people named Mintz identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mintzs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dan Mintz
American actor, comedian and writer, born 1981
Beatrice Mintz
American biologist (1921–2022)
Charles Mintz
American film producer and distributor (1889-1939)
Brent Spiner
American actor, born 1949
Marjorie Perloff
American academic (1931–2024)

Notable Mintzs come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mintz

Mintz has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Questions

How common is the surname Mintz?: 5,853 people in the United States had the surname Mintz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,750 Americans. It ranked 5,896th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mintz?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Mintz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mintz?: Dan Mintz, American actor, comedian and writer, followed by Beatrice Mintz.
Where is the surname Mintz most common?: Wikidata records people named Mintz in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Mintz getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,853 in 2010, down 0.8%.