How common is the surname Mister?

1,211 people in the United States had the surname Mister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Mister?

Mister is [ˈmɪstɚ], 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mister getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Mister

A surname, carried by 1,211 people in the United States.

Pronounced [ˈmɪstɚ] 2 syllables Soundex M236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mister is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

See mister.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,211 people named Mister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,215.

#21,553

rank among US surnames

1,211

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,343)

Who is named Mister

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

62% of people named Mister identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

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

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 Mister

Mister has the Soundex code M236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M236.

Questions

Where does the surname Mister come from?: See mister.
How common is the surname Mister?: 1,211 people in the United States had the surname Mister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,951 Americans. It ranked 21,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mister?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Mister identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Mister?: Mister is [ˈmɪstɚ], 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mister getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,215 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,211 in 2010, down 0.3%.