Minić

surname · Latin script

/minitɕ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Minić is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • HRCroatia1 in 33K
  • MEMontenegro≈1 in 44K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Minić itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Serbia (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,300 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
50 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Serbia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MinićLatin(measured from records)
МинићCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Minic in CH Switzerland, SE Sweden, SI Slovenia and Минић in BA Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Minić counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Minić is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RS Serbia#181≈2,300 est.≈1 in 3.1K—Minić50
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina—≈310 est.≈1 in 12K—Минић5
HR Croatia—1291 in 33K129Minić18
CH Switzerland—961 in 88K96Minic5
SE Sweden—481 in 213K48Minic6
SI Slovenia—≈34 est.≈1 in 61K—Minic4
ME Montenegro#108≈14 est.≈1 in 44K—Minić7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Minić is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Minic, Miniç

  • Spanish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, United States, Venezuela, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Minic, Miniç, Minič

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Serbia

    Also written Minic

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Minič, Minic

  • Slovak surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia

    Also written Minic, Minič

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia

    Also written Minic

  • French surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Serbia, United States

    Also written Minic, Minič, Miniç

14 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Serafino Rafaele Minich, b. 1808Miloš Minić, b. 1914Dragoljub Minić, b. 1937Savo Minić, b. 1974

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalPoštovani Minić,Dear Minić, (English)
InformalPoštovani Minić,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Minić
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)2021129#6,362
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)2021107—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Minić?
A machine transcription gives /minitɕ/ (IPA) for Croatian.
In which country does Minić have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 thousand people named Minić in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled minić.
How common is the name Minić?
In Croatia, the national register counted 129 people named Minić in 2021, about 1 in 33 thousand residents.
How common is Minić compared with other names?
In Serbia, Minić is the 181st most common surname of 45,065 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Minić” — the 181st most common surname in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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