How common is the surname Minyard?

2,477 people in the United States had the surname Minyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. It ranked 12,514th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Minyard getting more or less common?

More common. 2,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,477 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Minyard

A surname, carried by 2,477 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M563

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minyard is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

Uncertain. Possibly related to Miniard.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,477 people named Minyard in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,308.

#12,514

rank among US surnames

2,477

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #12,347)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,510	Shain	2,478	124,595
#12,514	Freire	2,477	124,645
#12,519	Ratzlaff	2,476	124,695
#12,520	Dampier	2,475	124,746

Who is named Minyard

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

87% of people named Minyard identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Minyard

Minyard has the Soundex code M563, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M563.

Questions

Where does the surname Minyard come from?: Uncertain. Possibly related to Miniard.
How common is the surname Minyard?: 2,477 people in the United States had the surname Minyard in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 124,645 Americans. It ranked 12,514th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minyard?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Minyard identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Minyard getting more or less common?: More common. 2,308 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,477 in 2010, up 7.3%.