The Mix surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,344 people carried this name — #6,370 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is down 9% from 5,841 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 120 people named Mix live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Misiones 92
Buenos Aires Province 17
Santa Fe 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In the Nordic population registers

66 people named Mix is counted in Sweden.

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

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 66

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 the first U.S. census, 1790

48 Mix families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 243 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 38
New York 7
Pennsylvania 2
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 254 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mix in American newspapers,
1822.

Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Mix
Daily National Intelligencer 1822-06-07
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Mix
Daily National Intelligencer 1822-06-11
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Mix
Daily National Intelligencer 1822-06-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,539 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mix in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

6,579 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mix. The most, 2,219, date from the 1920s. Victoria 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 South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,776
South Australia 1,583
New South Wales 1,431
Queensland 1,195
Western Australia 367
Tasmania 196
ACT (Canberra) 17
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Mix,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gustav Mix
    Gustav Mix 1843–1909 · teacher
  • Tom Mix
    Tom Mix 1880–1940 · actor
  • Ruth Mix
    Ruth Mix 1912–1977 · actor
  • Elisha Mix 1818–1898
  • Melville Walter Mix 1865– · writer
  • Arthur Jackson Mix 1888–1956 · botanist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mix,
in the records of 6 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 States672 records

672 records of the Mix name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 185
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 181
  • Other U.S. records 306
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George A. Mix

    Born 1922 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Snelling; farm hand from Cass County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Kode Mix

    Arrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Koenigin Luise from Genoa, Gibraltar and Naples, aged 22; merchant. From Steinbach, Italy; bound for New York.

    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 Muriel M. Mix

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1981; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

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

Showing 3 of 672 records for Mix in the United States.

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

Germany301 records

301 records of the Mix name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 295
  • German applications to settle and marry 4
  • Other German records 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Hermann Mix

    Born 1895; from Groß Panlau, Wohlau. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 3 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 353).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Mix

    Came to Kühberg in Böhmen as an immigrant in 1822.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Landshut (CC0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Magdalena Mix

    Named in an application to settle and marry at Langenberg in 1853.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Staatsarchiv Würzburg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 301 records for Mix in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands31 records

31 records of the Mix name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 20
  • Dutch population registers 7
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Adriana Maria Magdalena Mix

    Born 1902 in Rotterdam. Married in 1926 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arie Martinus Mix

    Born 1917 in Rotterdam. Married in 1942 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record François Mix

    Died 1811 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Mix in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Mix name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Mix

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Cornwall, sailing from Portsmouth in 1851. Native of Great Gonerby, Lincolnshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Anna Mix

    Arrived in Queensland in 1877 aboard the Lammershagen, aged 6.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Mix

    Died 1880 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 71.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Mix in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Mix name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Other Canadian records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillian Mix

    Died 1961; 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 William Wallace Mix

    Died 1933 in River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    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 Reginald Donovan Mix

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 11 records for Mix in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

France4 records

4 records of the Mix name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Therese Mix

    Born 1904 in Arfeuilles (Allier); died 1986 in Roanne (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Antoine Camille Mix

    Born 1916 in Le Robert; died 1997 in Fort-de-France (Martinique).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Helene Irma Mix

    Born 1911 in Denain; died 1983 in Dechy (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mix in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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