Family name ミナト (ミナト 
, Minato 
) , all over the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen ミナト is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare surname, Italy, and Papua New Guinea. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Japan, Indonesia, and Italy. Likewise, ミナト is the forename as well as the last name.