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    The surname Mitts

    A surname, carried by 1,915 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex M320

    Mitts: #15,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mitts #15,322, 1,915 people Mitts: #15,322 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mitts #15,322, 1,915 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mitts is more common than 90.6% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,915 people named Mitts in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,225 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,894.

    #15,322
    rank among US surnames
    1,915
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #14,453)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,318Quisenberry1,916161,141
    #15,322Catano1,915161,225
    #15,325Irick1,914161,309
    #15,328Goudeau1,913161,393

    Who is named Mitts

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

    85% of people named Mitts identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
    • Two or more races 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mittss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Heather Mitts
      American soccer player, born 1978

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mitts

    Mitts has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mitts?
    1,915 people in the United States had the surname Mitts in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,225 Americans. It ranked 15,322nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mitts?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Mitts identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Mitts?
    Heather Mitts, American soccer player.
    Where is the surname Mitts most common?
    Wikidata records people named Mitts in the United States.
    Is the surname Mitts getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,894 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,915 in 2010, up 1.1%.