Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Ontario (5,257)
- Québec (1,841)
- New Brunswick (1,081)
- British Columbia (1,019)
- Nova Scotia (786)
- Manitoba (569)
- Saskatchewan (370)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (263)
- Alberta (242)
- Prince Edward Island (137)
- Yukon (10)
- North West Territories (1)
All countries
- United Kingdom (527,701)
- United States (363,710)
- Australia (43,962)
- Ireland (41,694)
- New Zealand (25,456)
- Canada (15,292)
- France (13,173)
- Unknown country (5,370)
- Netherlands (2,589)
- Germany (1,488)
- Spain (1,238)
- Italy (1,202)
- Belgium (1,171)
- Switzerland (1,126)
- India (684)
- Mexico (628)
- Colombia (599)
- Gibraltar (454)
- South Africa (404)
- Denmark (329)
- Argentina (262)
- China (251)
- Russian Federation (241)
- Jamaica (218)
- Greece (206)
- Indonesia (185)
- Poland (181)
- Paraguay (170)
- Sweden (167)
- Turkey (162)
- Peru (153)
- Egypt (148)
- Norway (140)
- Cuba (126)
- Brazil (121)
- Philippines (117)
- Singapore (115)
- Trinidad and Tobago (109)
- Austria (108)
- Malta (107)
Origine of last name
MITCHELL : 1: English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michael">Michael</a>. See <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michelson">Michelson</a>.2: English and Scottish: nickname for a big man from Middle English michel mechel muchel ‘big’.3: Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mulvihill">Mulvihill</a>.
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