The surname Mickens
A surname, carried by 5,339 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex M252
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,339 people named Mickens in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,828 Americans. That is up 7.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,980.
#6,377
rank among US surnames
5,339
people in 2010
1.8
per 100,000 Americans
+7.2%
change since 2000 (was #6,298)
Who is named Mickens
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Mickens identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.3%
- Two or more races 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Mickens has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.
Questions
- How common is the surname Mickens?
- 5,339 people in the United States had the surname Mickens in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,828 Americans. It ranked 6,377th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Mickens?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mickens identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Mickens getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,980 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,339 in 2010, up 7.2%.