How common is the surname Mickles?

1,193 people in the United States had the surname Mickles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mickles getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Mickles

A surname, carried by 1,193 people in the United States.

2 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). Mickles is more common than 86.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,193 people named Mickles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,216.

#21,790

rank among US surnames

1,193

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #20,334)

Who is named Mickles

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

69% of people named Mickles identified as Black (not Hispanic), 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 69%
White (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mickles

Mickles 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 Mickles?: 1,193 people in the United States had the surname Mickles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 258,798 Americans. It ranked 21,790th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mickles?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Mickles identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mickles getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,216 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,193 in 2010, down 1.9%.