Michal Forename
1,553rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 632,447 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Slovakia
Michal Forename Definition:
Hebrew (feminine) - Perfect.
Michal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 100% | 375,891 | 1:101 | 23 |
| Czechia | 100% | 129,962 | 1:82 | 14 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 88,479 | 1:60 | 8 |
| United States | 51% | 10,062 | 1:36,030 | 2,308 |
| England | 98% | 7,053 | 1:7,884 | 690 |
| Thailand | 89% | 2,956 | 1:23,703 | 3,134 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,463 | 1:22,648 | 1,972 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,328 | 1:72,800 | 1,752 |
| Netherlands | 80% | 1,171 | 1:14,434 | 1,548 |
| Norway | 100% | 1,138 | 1:4,510 | 580 |
| Nigeria | 53% | 1,121 | 1:158,398 | 7,460 |
| Sweden | 98% | 979 | 1:10,069 | 885 |
| Ireland | 100% | 908 | 1:5,114 | 501 |
| France | 98% | 788 | 1:84,353 | 2,022 |
| Denmark | - | 721 | 1:7,836 | 738 |
| South Africa | 66% | 695 | 1:78,464 | 6,943 |
| India | 95% | 657 | 1:1,849,129 | 99,068 |
| Australia | - | 570 | 1:23,961 | 1,569 |
| Belgium | 100% | 562 | 1:20,445 | 1,559 |
| Scotland | 100% | 473 | 1:11,312 | 749 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 408 | 1:75,521 | 8,273 |
| Spain | 95% | 397 | 1:117,204 | 3,142 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 397 | 1:20,689 | 1,433 |
| Austria | 83% | 347 | 1:24,537 | 1,023 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Brazil | 100% | 267 | 1:802,383 | 22,548 |
| New Zealand | - | 190 | 1:23,874 | 1,751 |
| Wales | 98% | 179 | 1:17,287 | 1,037 |
| Philippines | 75% | 177 | 1:598,924 | 18,992 |
| Greece | 74% | 175 | 1:62,483 | 2,026 |
| Algeria | - | 163 | 1:234,213 | 3,411 |
| Pakistan | 84% | 157 | 1:1,237,947 | 20,140 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 120 | 1:253,750 | 13,611 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Italy | 94% | 96 | 1:636,063 | 6,302 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 89 | 1:829,524 | 25,650 |
| Kenya | - | 84 | 1:551,275 | 14,754 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 82 | 1:3,145,898 | 142,337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 77 | 1:105,874 | 9,607 |
| Russia | 90% | 73 | 1:1,975,804 | 13,396 |
| Iceland | - | 70 | 1:5,229 | 613 |
| Uganda | 97% | 70 | 1:585,099 | 12,673 |
| Serbia | 100% | 67 | 1:106,653 | 2,827 |
| China | - | 66 | 1:20,697,815 | 60,420 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 65 | 1:45,414 | 1,097 |
| Mexico | 88% | 65 | 1:1,909,914 | 11,588 |
| Japan | - | 64 | 1:1,999,782 | 19,682 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 62 | 1:168,246 | 7,350 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Finland | 100% | 53 | 1:103,456 | 2,427 |
| Liberia | 91% | 51 | 1:86,511 | 3,905 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Estonia | - | 46 | 1:28,595 | 2,108 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 46 | 1:516,732 | 28,563 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 42 | 1:13,430 | 972 |
| Peru | 58% | 42 | 1:756,939 | 11,430 |
| Chile | 78% | 34 | 1:517,859 | 6,206 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Venezuela | 99% | 31 | 1:974,255 | 21,161 |
| Zambia | - | 29 | 1:546,717 | 12,091 |
| Northern Ireland | 78% | 26 | 1:70,890 | 1,336 |
| Ecuador | - | 26 | 1:681,805 | 6,318 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Singapore | - | 25 | 1:251,482 | 9,031 |
| Israel | 100% | 22 | 1:381,951 | 8,592 |
| Guyana | 100% | 20 | 1:38,163 | 3,889 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 20 | 1:68,071 | 5,456 |
| Zimbabwe | 60% | 20 | 1:771,191 | 29,892 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Croatia | 100% | 15 | 1:281,138 | 4,157 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Argentina | 80% | 12 | 1:3,564,437 | 10,379 |
| Hungary | 87% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| Jersey | - | 11 | 1:9,089 | 812 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 11 | 1:4,798,938 | 27,236 |
| Ukraine | - | 11 | 1:4,136,355 | 7,862 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 8 | 1:893,999 | 27,106 |
| Congo | 92% | 7 | 1:715,601 | 13,459 |
| Costa Rica | 71% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Bulgaria | - | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Romania | - | 6 | 1:3,341,996 | 26,471 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Grenada | 67% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Lebanon | 50% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 4 | 1:509,999 | 25,489 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Míchal (1) & Michál (1) are calculated separately.
Michal (5,624) may also be a surname.
Michal Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Hebrew (feminine) - Perfect.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
My'-kal, who is it that has all who is perfect . Daughter of king Saul, and wife of David. 2 Sam. iii 13.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a brook: or possibly contraction of Michael.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Michal Forename Popularity
Michal Demographics
Average Michal Salary in
United States
$46,697 USD
Per year
Rank:
164,030 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00256781
Rank: 2,347 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
107.28%
Sample size: 4,533 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Michal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Michal in the Russian language | ||
| Мичал | mical | - |
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