Mìtchell
surname · Latin script
Mìtchell is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Jamaica it is the 17th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 581(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 672
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 716
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #217 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 620 (measured from records)
- 1 in 87 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600,000 people, est.
of 19M surnames
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Grenada
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Mitchell in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”).
Sources 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Scottish Surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mìtchell counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 858 | — | Mitchell | 48 |
| US United States | #43 | 384,486 | 1 in 865 | 384K | Mitchell | 620 |
| GB United Kingdom | #36 | ≈98,000 est. | ≈1 in 672 | — | Mitchell | 346 |
| EG Egypt | #898 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | — | Mitchell | 24 |
| CA Canada | #39 | ≈42,000 est. | ≈1 in 905 | 9 | Mitchell | 282 |
| AU Australia | #37 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 721 | 121 | Mitchell | 298 |
| NZ New Zealand | #37 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 716 | 10 | Mitchell | 171 |
| JM Jamaica | #17 | ≈4,800 est. | ≈1 in 581 | — | Mitchell | 44 |
| GD Grenada | — | 1,302 | 1 in 87 | 1.3K | — | 22 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Mìtchell mean, and where does it come from?
- From a Middle English vernacular form of the Old French given name Michel (“Michael”), or in some cases from a Middle English nickname muchel (“big”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Mìtchell have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 million people named Mìtchell in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mitchell.
- Where is Mìtchell most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mìtchell is densest in Grenada — about 1 in 87 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Mìtchell?
- In the United States, the national register counted 384,486 people named Mìtchell in 2010, about 1 in 865 residents.
- How common is Mìtchell compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Mìtchell is the 17th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mìtchell” — the 17th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.