The mina Surname
mina Name Meaning and History
- Portuguese: ethnic name for someone from or who had been to the (Costa da) Mina in Africa.
- Spanish: habitational name from any of the numerous places named Mina, La Mina, from Spanish and Portuguese mina ‘mine’.
- Greek: variant of Minas.
- Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic mina?h ‘gifts’, ‘favors’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 9 - Messages: 60
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Mina Family in the Philippines | Joseph Mina | 39 |
| Mina | Debbie Marks | 5 |
| Lino Mina of PA. ~ Hung in 1832 |
 BasketLady420
| 0 |
| Egypt has mina | alfie | 7 |
| Mina Svenson |
albertssonbarbro
| 0 |
| Existence of mina/meena community in INDIA |
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| 0 |
| Elisabeth Mina Otto |
Pafons
| 0 |
| Steve Mina-Greece | Connie Humphrey | 0 |
| Mina's of Australia | Connie Humphrey | 0 |
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