Mingo History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Italy

Early Origins of the Mingo family

The surname Mingo was first found in at the foundations of Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family.

Early History of the Mingo family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mingo research. The years 1203, 1265, 1300, 1450, 1550, 1575, 1655, 1722, 1765, 1769, 1808, 1848, 1863, 1864, 1873, 1876, 1881 and 1886 are included under the topic Early Mingo History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Mingo Spelling Variations

Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Mingo include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more.

Early Notables of the Mingo family

Prominent among members of the family was

Regina Mingotti (1722-1808) of Naples married into a family of businessmen and was a famous soprano

Mingo Ranking

In the United States, the name Mingo is the 7,012^nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1

Mingo migration to the United States +

Immigrants bearing the name Mingo or a variant listed above include:

Mingo Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Magdalena Mingo, who landed in New York, NY in 1749 2

Mingo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mariano Mingo, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1858 2
Deogracias Mingo, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1878 2
Vicente Mingo, aged 22, who landed in America, in 1894

Mingo Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Giovanni Mingo, aged 17, who settled in America from Montecornia, in 1901
Janos Mingo, aged 40, who immigrated to America from Poroszdo, in 1901
Giuseppe Mingo, aged 26, who immigrated to the United States from Lagonegros, in 1902
Nicolo Mingo, aged 31, who immigrated to the United States from Cattagirone, in 1903
Janos Mingo, aged 37, who landed in America from Stallamos, in 1906
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Mingo (post 1700) +

Barkevious Levon Mingo (b. 1990), American football defensive end
Ronald T. "Ron" Mingo (b. 1947), American professional baseball player, world record holder for fastest typist, with 160 words per minute
Norman Theodore Mingo (1896-1980), American commercial artist and illustrator, best known as being commissioned to formalize the image of Alfred E. Neuman for Mad Magazine
Eugene L. "Gene" Mingo (b. 1938), former professional American football player

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)