# Mister (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mister/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,553 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 254,951 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (1,215 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | [ˈmɪstɚ], 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

See mister.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mister in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 62% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Similar surnames

Meister, Mistry, Master, Mestre, Masters, Mistretta, Mixter, McDermott, Masterson, Mastrangelo, McAteer, Mastroianni.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.