The Mitchum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,827 people carried this name — #8,602 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 3,651 in 2000.

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In print

Mitchum in American newspapers,
1889–1892.

Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Mitchum
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1891-05-19
Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Mitchum
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1892-05-17
Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Mitchum
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1889-01-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,466 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mitchum in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1970s.

138 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mitchum. The most, 68, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 55
Victoria 29
Queensland 26
South Australia 9
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 5
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mitchum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Mitchum
    Robert Mitchum 1917–1997 · actor
  • John Mitchum
    John Mitchum 1919–2001 · actor
  • Julie Mitchum 1914–2003 · actor
  • James Mitchum 1941–2025 · actor
  • Allexanne Mitchum 1991–2019 · actor

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 Mitchum,
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 States144 records

144 records of the Mitchum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 97
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lee W. Mitchum

    Born 1917 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Southern Baptist Cemetery, Rutherfordton, North Carolina.

    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 Frances Mitchum

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Conqueror from Liverpool, aged 29; laborer. From 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 Albert J. Mitchum

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1933, died 2000; buried at Oak Hill Cemetery, Erin, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 144 records for Mitchum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Mitchum name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Robert Mitchum

    Born 1917, died 1997; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Mitchum in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Mitchum name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Mitchum

    Buried in 1965 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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