How common is the surname Mize?

11,908 people in the United States had the surname Mize in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,928 Americans. It ranked 3,008th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mize?

Johnny Mize, American baseball player and coach (1913–1993), followed by Larry Mize.

Where is the surname Mize most common?

Wikidata records people named Mize in the United States.

Is the surname Mize getting more or less common?

More common. 11,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,908 in 2010, up 0.3%.

The surname Mize

A surname, carried by 11,908 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). Mize is more common than 98.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,908 people named Mize in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,928 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 11,873.

#3,008

rank among US surnames

11,908

people in 2010

4.0

per 100,000 Americans

+0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,786)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,999	Qualls	11,958	25,819
#3,000	Persaud	11,956	25,823
#3,001	Fortner	11,951	25,834
#3,003	Gilman	11,946	25,845
#3,004	Cecil	11,941	25,856
#3,005	France	11,937	25,865
#3,007	Greenfield	11,922	25,897

Who is named Mize

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

91% of people named Mize identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mizes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Mize
American baseball player and coach (1913–1993)
Larry Mize
American golfer, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mize

Mize 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 Mize?: 11,908 people in the United States had the surname Mize in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,928 Americans. It ranked 3,008th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mize?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mize identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mize?: Johnny Mize, American baseball player and coach (1913–1993), followed by Larry Mize.
Where is the surname Mize most common?: Wikidata records people named Mize in the United States.
Is the surname Mize getting more or less common?: More common. 11,873 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,908 in 2010, up 0.3%.