How Many People Have the Last Name Mitchell?
people had the surname Mitchell in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 767 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+17,053 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Mitchell (61%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 32.5%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Mitchell ranks #31. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 63.6% to 61%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Mitchell grew from 367,433 people in 2000 to 384,486 in 2010 (up 4.6%), and its rank fell from #44 to #48. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 136.21 to 130.34 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 367,433 | 384,486 |
| Rank | #44 | #48 |
| Per 100,000 people | 136.21 | 130.34 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Mitchell
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Mitchell: M324
👤 Mitchell as a First Name
Mitchell is a first name too: about 136,848 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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