How common is the surname Mix?

5,344 people in the United States had the surname Mix in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. It ranked 6,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mix?

In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Mix identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).

Who is the most famous person named Mix?

Tom Mix, American film actor (1880-1940), followed by Steve Mix.

Where is the surname Mix most common?

Wikidata records people named Mix in the United States.

Is the surname Mix getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,344 in 2010, down 8.5%.

The surname Mix

A surname, carried by 5,344 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mix is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,344 people named Mix in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. That is down 8.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,841.

#6,370

rank among US surnames

5,344

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

-8.5%

change since 2000 (was #5,472)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,362	Groce	5,351	57,699
#6,363	Penner	5,349	57,720
#6,367	Peabody	5,345	57,763
#6,370	Mix	5,344	57,774
#6,373	Brazil	5,343	57,785
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796

Who is named Mix

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

81% of people named Mix identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 10%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mixs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tom Mix
American film actor (1880-1940)
Steve Mix
American basketball player and coach, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mix

Mix has the Soundex code M200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M200.

Questions

How common is the surname Mix?: 5,344 people in the United States had the surname Mix in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,774 Americans. It ranked 6,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mix?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Mix identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mix?: Tom Mix, American film actor (1880-1940), followed by Steve Mix.
Where is the surname Mix most common?: Wikidata records people named Mix in the United States.
Is the surname Mix getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,841 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,344 in 2010, down 8.5%.