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    The surname Mitton

    A surname, carried by 1,727 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M350

    Mitton: #16,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mitton #16,601, 1,727 people Mitton: #16,601 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mitton #16,601, 1,727 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mitton is more common than 89.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,727 people named Mitton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,536.

    #16,601
    rank among US surnames
    1,727
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,054)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,593Bruneau1,728178,672
    #16,601Rapier1,727178,776

    Who is named Mitton

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

    86% of people named Mitton identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 86%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mittons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Trent Mitton
      Australian field hockey player, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mitton

    Mitton has the Soundex code M350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M350.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mitton?
    1,727 people in the United States had the surname Mitton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,776 Americans. It ranked 16,601st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mitton?
    In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Mitton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mitton?
    Trent Mitton, Australian field hockey player.
    Where is the surname Mitton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mitton in Australia.
    Is the surname Mitton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,536 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,727 in 2010, up 12%.