Minnich
A surname likely of German origin, probably from a shortened or regional form related to a personal name or byname.
The #7,609 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 70,667 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname Minnich is generally treated as German in origin, but the available historical excerpt does not explain its derivation. It may reflect a shortened or regional form of a German personal name or nickname beginning with Minn-, though the exact source is not secure from the evidence here. Because the documentary evidence is thin, the safest conclusion is that it is a German surname of uncertain exact formation.
History
The name is found in German-speaking naming traditions and later appears in the United States, where it is relatively uncommon but well established. Forms like Minnich often arose in areas where German dialect spellings varied from place to place, which can make the original form hard to pin down. The surname is especially familiar in North American records because of later German immigration.
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Fun fact
The spelling Minnich looks like a typical German-American surname ending in -ich, but that ending does not by itself reveal a single fixed origin.
From the historical record
“*Minisleva 498. Minner 595. Minnich 185. Minnig 185, 186. Minor 595. Minohänne 686. * Minsen 481.”
— Die Personennamen, insbesondere die Familiennamen