Mina Surname History

Origins Available:
Ukraine

The Mina surname is derived from the given name Minkus, which is a pet form of the Germanic personal name "Meingoz," which means "strong."

Mina Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mina, Minai, Minaiev, Minailenko, Miniuk, Minik, Minitsky, Minnitsky, Minnicky, Minovsky, Minon, Minchak, Minchuk, Minchik, Min, Mink, Minkovich, Minko, Minkovsky, Minka, Minenko, Minich and many more.

Mina Ranking

In the United States, the name Mina is the 17,232^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Mina migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mina Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Cristobal De Mina, who landed in America in 1828 2
F E Y Mina, aged 26, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1836 2
Anton Mina, aged 23, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1848 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Mina (post 1700) +

Mina Cunard (1894-1978), American actress, known for her work on Graft (1915), The Broken Coin (1915) and What Love Can Do (1916), sister of Grace Cunard
Mina Loveland, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, 1944 3
Mina Eskanazi, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1922 4
Mina Loy (1882-1966), born Mina Gertrude Löwry, a British artist, poet, playwright, novelist, futurist, actress, Christian Scientist
Mina Tindle (b. 1983), French folk and new wave singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Mina Rosner (1913-1997), Canadian writer
Mina Foley (1930-2007), New Zealand coloratura soprano
Mina Baker-Knoll, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996 5
Mina Humphrey Varnum, American Republican politician, Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1928 6
Mina Mients, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940 7

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 18) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 10) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html