Min is used as a family name or surname in Ukraine, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Min
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ukraine, England
Meaning:

Family name is variant of Mims. One who came from Mimms whose origin is obscure, the name of places in Hertfordshire and Middlesex.

Min is a variation of Mean. Perhaps from East or West Meon in Hampshire. At the time of the introduction of surnames the adjective mean, as referring to sordidness of character, was unknown.

A form of Mence. This old Worcestershire name, which occurs in the various forms of Mayens, Mauns, Maunce, Menske, Mens, Mense, and Mence, is in all probability derived from the Rhenish city of Mayence or Mentz. Under the name of Mayens the family were owners of land in Ombersley about the year 1327.

How popular is Min?

As per 2010 US census, number of Mins grew by 38.86 per cent to 6982 since 2000 and ranked 5026 after elevating 1228 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 92.15 90.81
White 3.68 4.93
Others 2.74 2.59
Hispanic or Latino 0.93 0
Black 0.43 0.84
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.07 0

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer Rosalie Min from Germany aboard the Hermann from Bremen. She is registered to be 21 years old when she arrived in USA on January 8, 1883. Julius Min (5), 8 years old Marie Min, Marie Min, Domume Min (20) Laborer, Bertha Min, aged 27, Wilhelm Min, aged 24, Caroline Min, Gertrud Min, are other Min that migrated to US from Bremen, Liverpool and Rotterdam.

Min Namesakes

  • Zheng Min, Chinese scholar and poet
  • Mindon Min, penultimate king of Burma from 1853 to 1878
  • Ran Min,
  • Thibaw Min, last king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma and also the last Burmese sovereign
  • Anchee Min, Chinese-American author
  • Geh Min, former President of Nature Society in Singapore
  • Tharrawaddy Min, 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma
  • Kang Min, former professional 'StarCraft' player
  • Lam Pin Min, politician and medical doctor from Singapore
  • Yao Min, Chinese popular music songwriter and singer and brother of Yao Lee
  • Pagan Min, ninth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma

Min Namesakes

  • Zheng Min, Chinese scholar and poet
  • Mindon Min, penultimate king of Burma from 1853 to 1878
  • Ran Min,
  • Thibaw Min, last king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma and also the last Burmese sovereign
  • Anchee Min, Chinese-American author
  • Geh Min, former President of Nature Society in Singapore
  • Tharrawaddy Min, 8th king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma
  • Kang Min, former professional 'StarCraft' player
  • Lam Pin Min, politician and medical doctor from Singapore
  • Yao Min, Chinese popular music songwriter and singer and brother of Yao Lee
  • Pagan Min, ninth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma

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