Michaela Forename
2,726th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 380,724 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Czechia
Michaela Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 191,115 | 1:506 | 147 |
| Czechia | 100% | 82,533 | 1:129 | 33 |
| Austria | 100% | 35,949 | 1:237 | 59 |
| United States | 100% | 17,187 | 1:21,094 | 1,664 |
| England | 100% | 16,419 | 1:3,386 | 455 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6,476 | 1:820 | 126 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,389 | 1:31,280 | 2,728 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,146 | 1:2,611 | 467 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,907 | 1:3,391 | 444 |
| Australia | - | 2,101 | 1:6,501 | 762 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,626 | 1:20,377 | 1,842 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,507 | 1:11,216 | 1,299 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,293 | 1:8,457 | 538 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,288 | 1:47,408 | 1,313 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,271 | 1:168,557 | 7,969 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,124 | 1:62,336 | 6,225 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,092 | 1:7,695 | 1,091 |
| New Zealand | - | 788 | 1:5,756 | 761 |
| South Africa | 100% | 679 | 1:80,313 | 7,042 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 637 | 1:2,893 | 405 |
| Poland | 93% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Wales | 100% | 600 | 1:5,157 | 606 |
| Scotland | 100% | 594 | 1:9,007 | 661 |
| Denmark | - | 549 | 1:10,291 | 862 |
| France | 100% | 461 | 1:144,187 | 2,716 |
| Spain | 100% | 437 | 1:106,476 | 2,984 |
| Ireland | 97% | 432 | 1:10,749 | 736 |
| Belgium | 100% | 422 | 1:27,228 | 1,809 |
| Finland | 100% | 390 | 1:14,059 | 935 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 384 | 1:137,470 | 6,741 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 289 | 1:28,209 | 2,800 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 197 | 1:1,309,460 | 75,468 |
| Portugal | - | 194 | 1:53,664 | 1,818 |
| Norway | 100% | 144 | 1:35,641 | 1,674 |
| Malta | - | 136 | 1:3,157 | 513 |
| Romania | 100% | 132 | 1:151,909 | 5,809 |
| Croatia | 100% | 123 | 1:34,285 | 1,430 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 68 | 1:447,793 | 20,200 |
| Namibia | - | 63 | 1:38,162 | 2,659 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 57 | 1:15,282 | 1,123 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 56 | 1:10,072 | 826 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 56 | 1:24,311 | 2,719 |
| Jersey | 100% | 47 | 1:2,127 | 377 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 46 | 1:823 | 184 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 43 | 1:57,180 | 2,200 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 42 | 1:170,286 | 11,537 |
| Peru | 100% | 39 | 1:815,165 | 11,913 |
| China | - | 38 | 1:35,948,836 | 61,432 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 38 | 1:5,053 | 811 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:15,288 | 1,325 |
| Chile | 100% | 36 | 1:489,089 | 6,007 |
| Hungary | 100% | 36 | 1:271,994 | 1,280 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 36 | 1:4,939 | 825 |
| Ecuador | - | 35 | 1:506,483 | 5,397 |
| India | 54% | 34 | 1:35,731,705 | 689,842 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 34 | 1:5,222,481 | 75,428 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Jamaica | - | 24 | 1:120,134 | 4,769 |
| Singapore | 67% | 21 | 1:299,384 | 9,476 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 21 | 1:163,221 | 3,346 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18 | 1:1,677,883 | 31,093 |
| Greenland | - | 17 | 1:3,316 | 507 |
| Bulgaria | - | 16 | 1:436,899 | 7,325 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Mexico | 100% | 15 | 1:8,276,295 | 27,186 |
| Paraguay | 88% | 15 | 1:482,454 | 4,853 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 15 | 1:1,028,254 | 36,015 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Estonia | - | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| South Korea | - | 13 | 1:426,494 | 11,600 |
| Hong Kong | - | 12 | 1:646,060 | 4,783 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Russia | 100% | 10 | 1:14,423,370 | 48,053 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 9 | 1:2,641,076 | 57,947 |
| Burkina Faso | 50% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Japan | - | 7 | 1:18,283,722 | 43,935 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Cameroon | 67% | 3 | 1:7,203,501 | 73,722 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Kenya | - | 3 | 1:15,435,703 | 51,312 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 3 | 1:211,525 | 3,416 |
| Serbia | - | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Armenia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Costa Rica | - | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Michaëla (181), Michaéla (45), Míchaela (1), Michaelá (1) & Michaèla (1) are calculated separately.
Michaela (175) may also be a surname.
Michaela Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hebrew (feminine) - Who is like God?
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: Divine.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
Mikayla is a phonetic spelling of the name Michaela, the feminine form of Michael. The name Mikayla means 'who is like God' and is derived from Hebrew.
- micahedMihaela or Michaela is a name for girls of Hebrew origin, meaning 'who is like God?'.
- mihaelaThe female variant of Michael, which means 'gift from God' or 'who is like God'.
- kawaishiriMichaela Forename Popularity
Michaela Demographics
Michaela Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 1 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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