Miniş

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

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

rarermore common
  • UYUruguay1 in 147K(measured from records)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 279K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

118 people

Sources
7 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 147K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Portuguese

Minis de origem ashkenazi que se tornou sefaradi por casamento

Sources 1

  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Miniş 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 Miniş is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil1181 in 1.8M118——
NL Netherlands621 in 279K62——
TR Türkiye≈53 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Miniş7
UY Uruguay231 in 147K23——
BE Belgium131 in 902K13——
GY Guyana11 in 750K1——

118 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)

Miniş is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Minis

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Minis

  • Portuguese name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Also written Minis

1 further group 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Miniş under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Miniş have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 118 people named Miniş, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Miniş most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Miniş is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 147 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Miniş?
In Brazil, the national register counted 118 people named Miniş, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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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, “Miniş”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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