The Mickelson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,267 people carried this name — #4,850 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 7,405 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

40 people named Mickelson is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 40

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Mickelson in American newspapers,
1889–1919.

Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Mickelson
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1919-06-06
Newspaper page from The Mitchell Capital carrying the name Mickelson
The Mitchell Capital 1889-06-21
Newspaper page from The Sisseton Weekly Standard carrying the name Mickelson
The Sisseton Weekly Standard 1911-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,984 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mickelson in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

574 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mickelson. The most, 415, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 324
Queensland 108
Victoria 55
Western Australia 33
Tasmania 23
South Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 10

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mickelson.

Who carried it

People named Mickelson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George T. Mickelson
    George T. Mickelson 1903–1965 · judge
  • Paul Mickelson
    Paul Mickelson 1927–2001 · organist
  • George S. Mickelson
    George S. Mickelson 1941–1993 · lawyer
  • Anders Mickelson 1839–1913 · goldsmith
  • Siegfried Mickelson 1913–2000 · journalist
  • Ed Mickelson 1926–2025 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mickelson,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States486 records

486 records of the Mickelson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 221
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 91
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl H. Mickelson

    Born 1923 in North Dakota. Enlisted 1946 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; farmer from Towner County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rolla City Cemetery, North Dakota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Mickelson

    Born 1930; from St Louis County, Minnesota. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; declared dead 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Mickelson

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1887 aboard the Donau from Bremen, aged 25; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 486 records for Mickelson in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Mickelson name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Hans P. Mickelson

    Laborer of Yarraville, Victoria; died 1922.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Mickelson

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1888.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record R. Mickelson

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Mickelson in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Mickelson name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Louise Mickelson

    Died 1972; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ida Bee Mickelson

    Died 1970 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, aged 80.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Lewis Mickelson

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Mickelson in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Mickelson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Nils Mickelson

    Died 1889 in Rotterdam, aged 43.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Mickelson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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