Mitchem Surname

81,672nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,945 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Mitchem Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Mitcham (Surrey), anciently Michelham = the Big Enclosure or Piece of Land [Old English mic-el, big + ham(m]

Mitchem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,5861:64,8877,585
England1391:400,84927,632
Australia1291:209,26920,284
Wales511:60,6775,433
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
France91:7,380,302306,885
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:297,26120,172
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3171:158,41914,515

Mitchem (25) may also be a first name.

Mitchem Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Mitcham (Surrey), anciently Michelham = the Big Enclosure or Piece of Land [Old English mic-el, big + ham(m]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Mitcham (great homestead), in Surrey.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Mitchem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mitchem Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mitchem (Russian: Митчэм) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mitchem? popularity and diffusion

Mitchem is the 81,672nd most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,225,828 people. The last name Mitchem occurs mostly in The Americas, where 93 percent of Mitchem are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 25 people.

The last name Mitchem is most common in The United States, where it is held by 5,586 people, or 1 in 64,887. In The United States Mitchem is mostly concentrated in: Missouri, where 11 percent live, North Carolina, where 10 percent live and West Virginia, where 10 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Mitchem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mitchem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mitchem last name expanded 1,762 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 170 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 5,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mitchem Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Mitchem last name are 12.47% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.24% being registered with the political party.

The amount Mitchem earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 11.69% less than the national average, earning $38,106 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.99% less than the national average, earning $41,740 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mitchem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mitchem in the Russian language
Митчэмmitcem-

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