Mincer

See also: mincer

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Polish Mincer, the local spelling of the German surname Mintzer.
• Metonymic occupational surname for a butcher, a cook, or a warrior, from a derivative of Middle English mincen (“to mince”).

Proper noun

Mincer (plural Mincers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mincer is the 40204^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 545 individuals. Mincer is most common among White (82.2%) and Black/African American (14.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mincer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 594.