# Michelson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/michelson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,153 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,224 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,921 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.3% (3,228 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Michelson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Michelson in the United States.

## People named Michelson

- Albert Abraham Michelson, American physicist (1852–1931)
- Robert Michelson, American academic

## Similar surnames

Michaelson, Michaels, Mickelson, Michels, Michalski, Michalak, Michaelis, Mikkelson, Mickelsen, Mikkelsen, Michalek, Michalik.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.