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The surname Mitzel

A surname, carried by 1,891 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M324

Mitzel: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mitzel #15,483, 1,891 people Mitzel: #15,483 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mitzel #15,483, 1,891 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mitzel is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,891 people named Mitzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,859.

#15,483
rank among US surnames
1,891
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+1.7%
change since 2000 (was #14,664)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,477Parga1,892163,185
#15,483Gridley1,891163,271

Who is named Mitzel

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

95% of people named Mitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mitzel

Mitzel has the Soundex code M324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M324.

Questions

How common is the surname Mitzel?
1,891 people in the United States had the surname Mitzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,271 Americans. It ranked 15,483rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mitzel?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Mitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mitzel getting more or less common?
More common. 1,859 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,891 in 2010, up 1.7%.