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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Galiciam, Asturian-Leonese and Spanish (Miño) : habitational name from any of several places in Galicia, Asturies, and Soria called Miño, which take their name from the Miño river on which they stand.
  • Japanese (rare) : variously written, usually with characters meaning ‘three fields’, though the actual meaning is ‘straw raincoat’.

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