The Mixon surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,394 people carried this name — #2,894 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 12,154 in 2000.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
16 families named Mixon, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 101 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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
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
Mixon in American newspapers,
1909–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,732 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Mixon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.
206 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mixon. The most, 38, date from the 1930s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mixon.
Who carried it
People named Mixon,
with a public archive behind them.
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Junior Walker 1931–1995 · singer -
Lovelle Mixon d. 2009
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Billy Mixon 1929–2006 · American football player
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Bernard Mixon 1949–2019 · 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 Mixon,
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 States552 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 387
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 135
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Clarence D. MixonBorn 1916 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farmer from Berrien County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Turner Church Cemetery, Tifton, Georgia.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Herman L. MixonBorn 1931; from Lamar County, Alabama. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record John MixonArrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Great Western from Liverpool, aged 35; cook.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 552 records for Mixon 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, 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).
Australia4 records
- Tasmanian Names Index 2
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record William MixonArrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Morning Star, aged 29; English.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record George MixonArrived in Victoria in 1871 aboard the Patterdale, aged 19.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 2 of 4 records for Mixon in Australia.
Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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).
Canada1 record
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Moses MixonDied 1877 in Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mixon.
- Mitrano 454 · U.S. census
- Mitre 489 · U.S. census
- Mitrovic 377 · U.S. census
- Mitsch 607 · U.S. census
- Mitton 1,727 · U.S. census
- Mix 5,344 · U.S. census
- Mize 11,908 · U.S. census
- Mizell 5,429 · U.S. census
- Mizera 312 · U.S. census
- Mizrahi 2,190 · U.S. census
- Mizzi 375 · U.S. census
- Mkrtchyan 896 · U.S. census
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