How common is the surname Michelson?

3,153 people in the United States had the surname Michelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,921 Americans. It ranked 10,224th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Michelson?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Michelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Michelson?

Albert Abraham Michelson, American physicist (1852–1931), followed by Robert Michelson.

Where is the surname Michelson most common?

Wikidata records people named Michelson in the United States.

Is the surname Michelson getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,153 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Michelson

A surname, carried by 3,153 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michelson is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,153 people named Michelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,921 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,228.

#10,224

rank among US surnames

3,153

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #9,283)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,215	Shue	3,155	97,859
#10,219	Greeson	3,154	97,890
#10,224	Michelson	3,153	97,921
#10,228	Trammel	3,152	97,952
#10,232	Lukens	3,151	97,983
#10,233	Edington	3,150	98,014

Who is named Michelson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Michelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Michelsons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Albert Abraham Michelson
American physicist (1852–1931)
Robert Michelson
American academic, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Michelson

Michelson has the Soundex code M242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M242.

Questions

How common is the surname Michelson?: 3,153 people in the United States had the surname Michelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,921 Americans. It ranked 10,224th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Michelson?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Michelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Michelson?: Albert Abraham Michelson, American physicist (1852–1931), followed by Robert Michelson.
Where is the surname Michelson most common?: Wikidata records people named Michelson in the United States.
Is the surname Michelson getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,228 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,153 in 2010, down 2.3%.