Min Family History
Min Name Meaning
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 kon, one of the ten disciples
of Confucius. Ch’ing-do, an emissary from China to the Koryo
kingdom, decided to stay and settled in the Yohung area. The
surname Min can be found throughout Korea, but it is particularly
concentrated in Cholla and Kyongsang provinces.Chinese : 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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Min
Name Distribution of Min Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Min families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Min families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Min families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Min census records
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Min Family Origin
Min Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Min
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Min Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Min census records
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Military Service by Min
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Min.
Threads: 3 - Messages: 11
| Thread | Author | Replies | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIN Family & Surname in Korea |  | 7 | |
| MIN Ancesters from Brussels, Belgium | | Pulleycarl | 0 |
| Obit: Joyce H. MIN (nee TERRY): born c1939, died 2002 IN, USA | | Trish_Bliss02 | 1 |
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