Minakow Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Poland

Minakow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Minakow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Russia31:48,041,019639,186

The alternate forms: Minaków (8) are calculated separately.

Minakow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Minakow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Minakow occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Minaków. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Minakow? popularity and diffusion

The surname Minakow is the 3,730,171st most prevalent last name in the world, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. Minakow is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Minakow reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 7 percent live and Hesse, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Poland, where 36 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Minaków958/
Minakowa931/
Minakov8610,019/
Minakova8013,088/
Minakoff8016/
Minakovs809/
Minakhov805/
Mainakov804/
Minakoov802/
Mitnakov801/
Mainakova753/
Minakhova752/
Misnakovs751/
Minashkov751/
Minackova751/
Mynakov711,817/
Minekov7165/
Munakov7118/
Menakov7115/
Minokov7112/
Minacov718/
Menakof714/
Minekaw710/
Mynakova672,261/
Minacova6778/
Maynakov6778/
Menakova6723/
Minhacov6713/
Minokhov6711/
Minokova679/
Menakhov672/
Mynakhov671/
Muynakov671/
Menhakov671/
Mesnakov671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Minakow
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