Minot: Surname History and Family Crest

Minot began as a French family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who measured. goods”.

• Smith also lists Minott.
• The 2010 US Census counted 376 people named Minot, ranking it number 54,752 among American surnames. French birth records list 3,425 children named Minot between 1891 and 2000. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Family crest and blazon

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Minot name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. For the full story, order the Minot surname pack.