Minges is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland. It is 6 characters long in length.
Surname Minges is the form of the Menzies. The Menzies, though sometimes considered a Highland clan, are of English origin. Their name was originally Meyners, and as etymologist Skene observes, "their arms, and the resemblance of their name, distinctly point them out as a branch of the English family of Manners, and consequently their Norman origin is undoubted." 2. The name, according to Arthur, has been variously written, "Maynoers, Meyners, then Menys, afterwards Meynes or Mengies, and now Menzies." It is pronounced Mengyies or Mengies. In Gaelic, the family are called Menairich. Their habitat is the Perthshire Highlands, where in 1745 the clan could raise three hundred fighting men.
The form of Meiner. Descendant of Maganhar meaning "strength, army"; one who came from Meyn, in Germany.
Lastname is a variant form of Mein. Probably Anglo-Norman mesne: "a lord of a manour who holds of a superior lord." Bailey.
How popular is Minges?
As per 2010 US census, number of Mingess plummeted by 4.41 per cent to 607 since 2000 and slipped by 2958 spots and ranked at 36788. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.
| Race | 2010 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| White | 96.71 | 97.17 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1.81 | 1.42 |
| Others | 0.82 | 0.79 |
Immigrants to US
From Germany
Maria Minges worked as farmer and hailed from Wurtemberg. 26 years old embarked for New York from Havre on Leonidas and arrived on November 9, 1852. Heinrich Minges, aged 27, 21 years old Joseph Minges, Laborer Adam Minges, Catherine Minges, aged 22, Jacob Minges (20) Laborer, Phil. Minges, aged 5, Farmer Valentin Minges, 19 years old Georg Minges, and 8 other Minges around 46.67% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and undefined code migrated to US from Havre, Liverpool & Queenstown, Bremen and Hamburg & Havre.