# Mitcham (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mitcham/  
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) | 2,237 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,551 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 138,018 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (2,182 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mitcham 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mitcham in Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Mitcham

- Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
- Rio Mitcham, British athlete

## Similar surnames

Meacham, Mitchem, Mitchum, Mecham, Mitchener, Madison, Madsen, Mattson, Matson, Matheson, Mattison, Matteson.

## 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.