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Min

in North Carolina

There are 58 people with the last name "Min" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Min 9,878
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  1. is 9,874th most common Mcdougle
  2. is 9,875th most common Mcfarling
  3. is 9,876th most common Menscer
  4. is 9,877th most common Middlebrook
  5. is 9,878th most common Min
  6. is 9,879th most common Moffatt
  7. is 9,880th most common Norcross
  8. is 9,881st most common Northrop
  9. is 9,882nd most common Nunes

Similar Names and Nicknames

Man, Mun, Mon, Men, Mem, Mam, Mom, Mum, Mim, Mwm

Most Common First Names for Min

Byung, Sherene, Christopher, Han, Hang, John, Kyong, Teap, Andrew, Bong

Meaning & History

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Min

Korean: there is only one Chinese character used for the Min surname. There is a legend that the Min clan's founding ancestor, Ch’ing-do, was a descendant of Ch’a kŏn, one of the ten disciples of Confucius. Ch’ing-do, an emissary from China to the Koryŏ kingdom, decided to stay and settled in the Yŏhŭng area. The surname Min can be found throughout Korea, but it is particularly concentrated in Chŏlla and Kyŏngsang provinces.

Chinese 闵 the source of this name was the character's former meaning, ‘sympathy for those who die young’. The descendants of various people who died young adopted Min as their surname.

Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch minne ‘beloved’, ‘sweetheart’.

Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Dominicus (see Dominick).

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