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Cognomen Minina (Minina , Минина , Мініна ) , all over the world, is a common last name. The cognomen Minina is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Belarus, where it is quite a rare surname, Russia, and Moldova. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Eastern Europe, particularly Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. Much less frequently, Minina is the forename as well as the last name.