Micheal Forename
1,433rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 679,279 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda
Micheal Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 270,373 | 1:657 | 94 |
| Uganda | 99% | 143,873 | 1:285 | 53 |
| United States | 100% | 83,531 | 1:4,340 | 659 |
| Ghana | 100% | 30,340 | 1:889 | 199 |
| Zambia | - | 19,013 | 1:834 | 187 |
| England | 100% | 11,866 | 1:4,686 | 519 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 11,177 | 1:729 | 83 |
| Sudan | 96% | 9,321 | 1:4,056 | 655 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9,290 | 1:763 | 179 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 8,207 | 1:11,887 | 1,709 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,200 | 1:5,647 | 866 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 7,628 | 1:1,514 | 311 |
| Egypt | 100% | 7,548 | 1:12,176 | 1,098 |
| Ireland | 100% | 7,297 | 1:636 | 132 |
| India | 100% | 7,101 | 1:171,085 | 18,465 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,323 | 1:8,624 | 1,520 |
| Canada | 100% | 5,733 | 1:5,779 | 851 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,379 | 1:3,908 | 622 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,782 | 1:8,051 | 941 |
| Philippines | 97% | 3,616 | 1:29,317 | 2,623 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,451 | 1:6,262 | 886 |
| Australia | - | 2,618 | 1:5,217 | 674 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1,634 | 1:2,700 | 379 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,191 | 1:133,889 | 8,095 |
| Togo | - | 1,154 | 1:6,273 | 988 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,100 | 1:14,022 | 1,707 |
| Poland | 100% | 848 | 1:44,843 | 1,238 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 658 | 1:883 | 172 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 616 | 1:119,850 | 6,078 |
| Germany | 100% | 500 | 1:193,356 | 3,039 |
| New Zealand | - | 471 | 1:9,631 | 1,041 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 429 | 1:48,483 | 5,248 |
| Wales | 97% | 412 | 1:7,510 | 713 |
| Jamaica | - | 405 | 1:7,119 | 951 |
| China | - | 354 | 1:3,858,915 | 51,297 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 336 | 1:578,445 | 12,634 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 312 | 1:22,923 | 2,310 |
| Scotland | 100% | 288 | 1:18,578 | 939 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 225 | 1:75,120 | 4,379 |
| Bahamas | - | 218 | 1:1,832 | 424 |
| Guyana | 100% | 210 | 1:3,635 | 692 |
| Thailand | 100% | 171 | 1:409,742 | 20,742 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Namibia | - | 130 | 1:18,494 | 1,742 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Northern Ireland | 94% | 121 | 1:15,233 | 896 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 115 | 1:206,693 | 18,140 |
| Vanuatu | - | 106 | 1:2,470 | 570 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 99 | 1:2,605,694 | 124,548 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 98 | 1:13,892 | 1,876 |
| Singapore | 100% | 96 | 1:65,490 | 6,909 |
| Bahrain | - | 89 | 1:15,154 | 2,209 |
| Sweden | 97% | 84 | 1:117,356 | 4,819 |
| Denmark | - | 73 | 1:77,390 | 2,476 |
| France | 100% | 70 | 1:949,576 | 7,628 |
| Brazil | 100% | 61 | 1:3,512,068 | 61,694 |
| Qatar | 100% | 61 | 1:38,846 | 5,076 |
| Botswana | 100% | 53 | 1:41,216 | 4,268 |
| Russia | 100% | 46 | 1:3,135,515 | 18,025 |
| Austria | 100% | 39 | 1:218,313 | 3,147 |
| Hong Kong | - | 39 | 1:198,788 | 3,264 |
| Italy | 96% | 38 | 1:1,606,897 | 12,030 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 37 | 1:3,016 | 571 |
| Belgium | 100% | 35 | 1:328,287 | 6,355 |
| Greece | 100% | 35 | 1:312,416 | 5,175 |
| Iraq | - | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 34 | 1:60,000 | 6,020 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Belize | 100% | 29 | 1:12,218 | 1,691 |
| Guam | - | 28 | 1:5,737 | 966 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 28 | 1:293,339 | 5,808 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 28 | 1:3,307,968 | 3,383 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 25 | 1:190,119 | 176 |
| Barbados | - | 24 | 1:12,075 | 1,185 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Spain | 100% | 19 | 1:2,448,946 | 12,647 |
| Japan | - | 18 | 1:7,110,336 | 31,011 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Mexico | 73% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| Grenada | 100% | 15 | 1:7,208 | 1,050 |
| Jordan | - | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Oman | - | 13 | 1:316,051 | 4,191 |
| Afghanistan | - | 12 | 1:2,718,626 | 20,989 |
| Finland | 50% | 12 | 1:456,932 | 5,495 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 12 | 1:4,399,027 | 26,540 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,892 | 588 |
| Benin | 100% | 11 | 1:961,440 | 24,735 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 11 | 1:2,745,627 | 44,124 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Bermuda | - | 9 | 1:7,203 | 999 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Haiti | - | 9 | 1:1,191,884 | 16,425 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Peru | 100% | 9 | 1:3,532,384 | 29,289 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Ecuador | - | 8 | 1:2,215,865 | 11,918 |
| Tunisia | - | 8 | 1:84,613 | 5,494 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Syria | - | 7 | 1:2,758,011 | 4,869 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Colombia | 100% | 6 | 1:7,963,154 | 36,949 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 6 | 1:53,022 | 2,170 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 6 | 1:9,144 | 1,176 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Norway | 100% | 5 | 1:1,026,466 | 14,100 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Chile | 100% | 4 | 1:4,401,802 | 21,957 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Lebanon | - | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 4 | 1:44,454 | 3,465 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Cambodia | - | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| 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 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Israel | - | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Micheál (8), Micheål (1), Michéal (1) & Mícheál (3) are calculated separately.
Micheal (191,432) may also be a surname.
Micheal Forename Popularity
Micheal Demographics
Average Male Micheal Height
176.39 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 3,018 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Micheal