The Mickey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,012 people carried this name — #8,259 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is down 6% from 4,282 in 2000.

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In print

Mickey in American newspapers,
1902–1917.

Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Mickey
The Frontier 1902-09-25
Newspaper page from The Norfolk Weekly News-journal carrying the name Mickey
The Norfolk Weekly News-journal 1902-10-31
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Morning Journal carrying the name Mickey
Albuquerque Morning Journal 1917-11-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 983 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mickey in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

4,173 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mickey. The most, 980, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,308
New South Wales 1,266
Queensland 719
Western Australia 348
South Australia 345
Tasmania 100
ACT (Canberra) 58
Northern Territory 7

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

Who carried it

People named Mickey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John H. Mickey
    John H. Mickey 1845–1910 · politician
  • J. Ross Mickey
    J. Ross Mickey 1856–1928 · judge
  • Emma Annie Mickey Smith 1866–1910
  • Larry Mickey 1943–1982 · ice hockey player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mickey,
in the records of 3 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 States322 records

322 records of the Mickey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edward J. Mickey

    Born 1924 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Wilkes Barre; shipping clerk. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Rolling Green Memorial Park, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Mickey

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 29; laborer. From Limerick, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Mearle G. Mickey

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1935, died 1998; buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 322 records for Mickey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Mickey name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Margaret Mickey

    Died 1921 in Scotchtown, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Ciryl Mickey

    Died 1919 in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sydney Mickey

    Married 1909 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 18 records for Mickey in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Mickey name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Patrick Mickey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Maryborough, aged 40.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margt Mickey

    Sailed from Victoria in 1882 aboard the Sorato, bound for Sydney, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Mickey

    Sailed from Victoria in 1857 aboard the Marco Polo, bound for Liverpool, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mickey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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