Minos Surname
Approximately 1,104 people bear this surname
Minos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 287 | 1:38,606 | 6,162 |
| France | 212 | 1:313,315 | 47,708 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Haiti | 67 | 1:159,461 | 6,681 |
| Philippines | 50 | 1:2,024,764 | 119,725 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 1:490,251 | 25,911 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 65 | 1:772,595 | 48,648 |
The alternate forms: Miños (903) are calculated separately.
Minos (3,138) may also be a first name.
Minos Demographics
Average Minos Salary in
United States
$50,338 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Minos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Minos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Minos (Marathi: िमनोस, Russian: Минос) is most common in Greece. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Miños. For other possible spellings of Minos click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Minos? popularity and diffusion
It is the 334,403rd most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 6,601,038 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 40 percent of Minos are found; 27 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 27 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. Minos is also the 128,504th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 3,138 people.
This last name is most widely held in Greece, where it is carried by 287 people, or 1 in 38,606. In Greece Minos is mostly concentrated in: Attica, where 47 percent live, Central Macedonia, where 28 percent live and Epirus, where 13 percent live. Not including Greece Minos exists in 43 countries. It is also common in France, where 19 percent live and Canada, where 8 percent live.
Minos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Minos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Minos last name grew 117 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Minos Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Minos last name are 21.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Minos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 134.15% more than the national average, earning 810,357 kr per year; in United States they earn 16.66% more than the national average, earning $50,338 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.18% more than the national average, earning $69,644 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Minos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Minos in the Marathi language | ||
| िमनोस | imanosa | - |
| Minos in the Russian language | ||
| Минос | minos | - |
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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 Minos
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