How common is the surname Michener?

1,768 people in the United States had the surname Michener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Michener?

James A. Michener, American author (1907-1997), followed by Charles D. Michener.

Where is the surname Michener most common?

Wikidata records people named Michener in the United States.

Is the surname Michener getting more or less common?

More common. 1,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Michener

A surname, carried by 1,768 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Michener is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

An American surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,768 people named Michener in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,766.

#16,305

rank among US surnames

1,768

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,280)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,302	Merten	1,769	174,531
#16,305	Renderos	1,768	174,630
#16,313	Pauling	1,767	174,729

Who is named Michener

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

94% of people named Michener identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Micheners

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James A. Michener
American author (1907-1997)
Charles D. Michener
American entomologist (1918–2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Michener

Michener has the Soundex code M256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M256.

Questions

How common is the surname Michener?: 1,768 people in the United States had the surname Michener in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,630 Americans. It ranked 16,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Michener?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Michener identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Michener?: James A. Michener, American author (1907-1997), followed by Charles D. Michener.
Where is the surname Michener most common?: Wikidata records people named Michener in the United States.
Is the surname Michener getting more or less common?: More common. 1,766 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,768 in 2010, up 0.1%.