How common is the surname Mitcham?

2,237 people in the United States had the surname Mitcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mitcham?

Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver, followed by Rio Mitcham.

Where is the surname Mitcham most common?

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

How do you pronounce Mitcham?

Mitcham is /ˈmɪt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mitcham getting more or less common?

More common. 2,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Mitcham

A surname, carried by 2,237 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɪt͡ʃəm/ 2 syllables Soundex M325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mitcham is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,237 people named Mitcham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,182.

#13,551

rank among US surnames

2,237

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #12,916)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,544	Pero	2,239	137,894
#13,545	Eugenio	2,238	137,956
#13,551	Threlkeld	2,237	138,018

Who is named Mitcham

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

84% of people named Mitcham identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mitchams

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matthew Mitcham
Australian diver, born 1988
Rio Mitcham
British athlete, born 1999

Notable Mitchams come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mitcham

Mitcham has the Soundex code M325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M325.

Questions

How common is the surname Mitcham?: 2,237 people in the United States had the surname Mitcham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,018 Americans. It ranked 13,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mitcham?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Mitcham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mitcham?: Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver, followed by Rio Mitcham.
Where is the surname Mitcham most common?: Wikidata records people named Mitcham in Australia and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Mitcham?: Mitcham is /ˈmɪt͡ʃəm/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mitcham getting more or less common?: More common. 2,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,237 in 2010, up 2.5%.