# Mize (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mize/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,908 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,008 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 25,928 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (11,873 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mize in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mize in the United States.

## People named Mize

- Johnny Mize, American baseball player and coach (1913–1993)
- Larry Mize, American golfer

## Similar surnames

Maze, Maize, Mike, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey, Meza, McKee, Mays.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.