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    The surname Mikell

    A surname, carried by 3,048 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Mikell: #10,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mikell #10,525, 3,048 people Mikell: #10,525 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mikell #10,525, 3,048 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mikell is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,048 people named Mikell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,294 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,602.

    #10,525
    rank among US surnames
    3,048
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.1%
    change since 2000 (was #11,179)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,517Rymer3,050101,228
    #10,520McMorris3,049101,261
    #10,525Rippy3,048101,294
    #10,528Cumming3,047101,328
    #10,531Khalid3,046101,361

    Who is named Mikell

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

    48% of people named Mikell identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 48%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mikell

    Mikell has the Soundex code M240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M240.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mikell?
    3,048 people in the United States had the surname Mikell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,294 Americans. It ranked 10,525th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mikell?
    In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Mikell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Mikell getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,048 in 2010, up 17%.