Micah Forename
12,493rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 79,091 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat
Micah Forename Definition:
A male name. a contraction of Hebrew Micaiah ‘Who is like unto Jah?' The name of one of the minor prophets, occasionally used as a christian name in England and the USA since the 17th C.
Micah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86% | 32,306 | 1:11,222 | 1,162 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 14,701 | 1:12,078 | 1,497 |
| Kenya | 100% | 12,535 | 1:3,694 | 624 |
| Philippines | 92% | 4,477 | 1:23,679 | 2,311 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 2,700 | 1:5,713 | 857 |
| Zambia | - | 2,086 | 1:7,601 | 920 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,461 | 1:18,471 | 1,437 |
| Malawi | 92% | 1,460 | 1:11,721 | 1,242 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,313 | 1:6,209 | 647 |
| Uganda | 98% | 1,079 | 1:37,958 | 2,455 |
| Canada | 100% | 566 | 1:58,540 | 3,665 |
| Tanzania | 95% | 466 | 1:113,280 | 6,011 |
| South Africa | 90% | 457 | 1:119,327 | 9,118 |
| England | 83% | 381 | 1:145,939 | 4,827 |
| Egypt | 97% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Indonesia | - | 317 | 1:813,766 | 53,473 |
| Australia | - | 188 | 1:72,647 | 3,014 |
| Thailand | 95% | 182 | 1:384,977 | 19,820 |
| India | 90% | 159 | 1:7,640,742 | 252,425 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 156 | 1:8,727 | 1,327 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 136 | 1:4,272 | 570 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Cambodia | 89% | 127 | 1:128,136 | 5,081 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Botswana | 100% | 95 | 1:22,994 | 2,710 |
| New Zealand | - | 93 | 1:48,775 | 2,677 |
| Jamaica | - | 91 | 1:31,684 | 2,142 |
| China | - | 61 | 1:22,394,357 | 60,519 |
| Liberia | 100% | 59 | 1:74,781 | 3,517 |
| Qatar | 100% | 51 | 1:46,463 | 5,889 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Bahamas | - | 48 | 1:8,320 | 1,070 |
| Brazil | - | 41 | 1:5,225,272 | 80,548 |
| Netherlands | 60% | 41 | 1:412,246 | 11,096 |
| Germany | 92% | 39 | 1:2,478,920 | 13,163 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Malaysia | 80% | 30 | 1:1,014,998 | 35,717 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Saint Lucia | 86% | 29 | 1:6,132 | 984 |
| Grenada | 87% | 26 | 1:4,159 | 713 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 25 | 1:950,787 | 37,589 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Singapore | 75% | 19 | 1:330,898 | 9,778 |
| Japan | - | 17 | 1:7,528,592 | 31,633 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,038,970 | 18,017 |
| Guyana | 100% | 15 | 1:50,884 | 4,749 |
| Sweden | 67% | 15 | 1:657,194 | 15,298 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Hong Kong | - | 14 | 1:553,766 | 4,519 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83% | 14 | 1:7,970 | 1,208 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Scotland | 89% | 12 | 1:445,864 | 5,809 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| France | 100% | 10 | 1:6,647,034 | 24,227 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Wales | 100% | 9 | 1:343,812 | 5,087 |
| Denmark | - | 8 | 1:706,187 | 9,598 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Russia | 100% | 6 | 1:24,038,951 | 65,699 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:460,786 | 2,461 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Chile | 75% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Dominica | - | 4 | 1:18,868 | 592 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Finland | 75% | 4 | 1:1,370,796 | 11,464 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2 | 1:5,745,020 | 30,381 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Italy | 65% | 2 | 1:30,531,045 | 57,596 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2 | 1:62,072,214 | 96,650 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Peru | - | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Micah (17,663) may also be a surname.
Micah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. a contraction of Hebrew Micaiah ‘Who is like unto Jah?' The name of one of the minor prophets, occasionally used as a christian name in England and the USA since the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Seems, even in Hebrew, to have been a contraction of Michael; as a name, however, it has a wholly independent existence.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
My'-kah, poor, humble, who strikes, is there. 1. The son of Mephibosheth, the father of Pithon and others. 1 Chron. viii 34. 2. A man of the tribe of Ephraim, son of a rich and superstitious widow. See Judges xvii., xviii. 3. The Morasthite, or of Moresa, the sixth of the minor prophets. He was contemporary with Isaiah.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: who is like Jehovah?.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Who is like unto God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Micah Forename Popularity
Micah Demographics
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in Kenya
Sample size: 222 (2018)
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