How common is the surname Mire?

2,924 people in the United States had the surname Mire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,590 Americans. It ranked 10,894th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Mire getting more or less common?

More common. 2,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,924 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Mire

A surname, carried by 2,924 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mire is more common than 93.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,924 people named Mire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 105,590 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,602.

#10,894

rank among US surnames

2,924

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+12.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,179)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,889	Linker	2,927	105,482
#10,890	Divine	2,926	105,518
#10,891	Lesley	2,925	105,554
#10,894	Jelinek	2,924	105,590
#10,897	Honey	2,923	105,626
#10,900	Mozingo	2,921	105,699

Who is named Mire

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

82% of people named Mire identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mire

Mire has the Soundex code M600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M600.

Questions

How common is the surname Mire?: 2,924 people in the United States had the surname Mire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 105,590 Americans. It ranked 10,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mire?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Mire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Mire getting more or less common?: More common. 2,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,924 in 2010, up 12%.