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    The surname Miskell

    A surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M240

    Miskell: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Miskell #20,676, 1,280 people Miskell: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Miskell #20,676, 1,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Miskell is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,280 people named Miskell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,206.

    #20,676
    rank among US surnames
    1,280
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.1%
    change since 2000 (was #20,456)

    Who is named Miskell

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

    88% of people named Miskell identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.5%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Miskell

    Miskell 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 Miskell?
    1,280 people in the United States had the surname Miskell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Miskell?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Miskell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Miskell getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,206 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, up 6.1%.