Mitchel Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Mitchel Name Meaning: Derived from a nickname, meaning 'Big'. In few cases the surname was adopted as an equivalent of 'Mulvihill'.

The surname itself withholds many independant origins,mainly from middle english & old french personal name 'Michael'.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Mitchel Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mitchel family

Profession Census Frequency
School 50
General Servant (domestic) 13
Domestic Servant 11
General Labourer 11
Private Means 11
Labourer 11
Farm Labourer 8
Charwoman 7
General Servant Domestic 6
House Keeper 4
At Home 4
Carpenter 4
General Servant 4
Laundress 4
Servant Domestic 4
No Occupation 4
Coal Miner Hewer 4
Dock Labourer 4
Domestic 4
Cook (domestic) 3
Hawker 3
House Duties 3
House Painter 3
Milliner 3
Tailoress 3

Mitchel Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mitchell 88% 304,690
2 Mitchel 100% 18,267
3 Mitchall 75% 2,383
4 Michall 57% 526
5 Mitchele 88% 352
6 Mitchael 88% 276
7 Michal 71% 250
8 Mitchal 86% 216
9 Mitshell 75% 196
10 Mitcheal 88% 191
11 Mittchell 78% 102
12 Matchel 86% 100

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The surname Mitchel is the 2nd most popular variant of Mitchell.

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