Michel Forename
234th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,410,634 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France
Michel Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 100% | 1,117,828 | 1:59 | 3 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 282,910 | 1:261 | 24 |
| Canada | 100% | 128,871 | 1:257 | 20 |
| Belgium | 100% | 92,933 | 1:124 | 4 |
| Brazil | 100% | 77,686 | 1:2,758 | 417 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 67,719 | 1:319 | 34 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 64,390 | 1:367 | 49 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 45,154 | 1:374 | 65 |
| Central African Republic | - | 35,019 | 1:129 | 21 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 33,619 | 1:244 | 50 |
| Rwanda | - | 29,731 | 1:382 | 67 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 27,733 | 1:203 | 25 |
| Haiti | 100% | 27,206 | 1:394 | 45 |
| United States | 83% | 26,499 | 1:13,681 | 1,308 |
| Guinea | 100% | 25,703 | 1:461 | 74 |
| Burundi | 100% | 24,620 | 1:402 | 100 |
| Benin | 100% | 23,373 | 1:452 | 46 |
| Mozambique | - | 20,640 | 1:1,320 | 302 |
| Congo | 99% | 18,126 | 1:276 | 31 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 14,149 | 1:1,299 | 213 |
| Togo | - | 13,104 | 1:552 | 62 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 12,250 | 1:1,884 | 205 |
| Cuba | - | 11,805 | 1:975 | 219 |
| Mexico | 73% | 11,076 | 1:11,208 | 919 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 10,865 | 1:8,979 | 1,358 |
| Egypt | 100% | 10,042 | 1:9,152 | 886 |
| Philippines | 51% | 9,224 | 1:11,493 | 1,485 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9,180 | 1:205 | 13 |
| Morocco | 100% | 6,551 | 1:5,243 | 545 |
| Mali | 100% | 6,517 | 1:2,605 | 301 |
| Chile | 88% | 6,308 | 1:2,791 | 361 |
| Angola | - | 6,208 | 1:4,344 | 697 |
| Germany | 100% | 5,790 | 1:16,697 | 863 |
| Senegal | 98% | 5,689 | 1:2,563 | 320 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,671 | 1:1,839 | 289 |
| Israel | 53% | 5,435 | 1:1,546 | 340 |
| Nigeria | 96% | 5,394 | 1:32,919 | 2,804 |
| Ghana | - | 4,607 | 1:5,858 | 701 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,602 | 1:6,563 | 789 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 4,462 | 1:2,376 | 489 |
| Peru | 97% | 4,132 | 1:7,694 | 986 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3,965 | 1:142 | 23 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 3,804 | 1:341 | 14 |
| Sudan | 67% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Poland | 87% | 2,592 | 1:14,671 | 581 |
| French Polynesia | - | 2,583 | 1:108 | 3 |
| Syria | - | 2,425 | 1:7,961 | 758 |
| England | 98% | 2,392 | 1:23,245 | 1,398 |
| South Africa | 76% | 2,335 | 1:23,354 | 3,082 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,069 | 1:33,865 | 4,080 |
| India | 94% | 2,027 | 1:599,348 | 45,751 |
| Spain | 97% | 2,025 | 1:22,978 | 1,284 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 2,000 | 1:135 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,865 | 1:16,521 | 2,245 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| Portugal | - | 1,679 | 1:6,201 | 456 |
| Libya | - | 1,653 | 1:3,764 | 614 |
| Colombia | 82% | 1,495 | 1:31,959 | 1,792 |
| Sweden | 99% | 1,482 | 1:6,652 | 666 |
| Indonesia | 61% | 1,378 | 1:187,202 | 18,382 |
| Chad | 100% | 1,359 | 1:10,006 | 1,616 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,249 | 1:14,193 | 977 |
| Italy | 86% | 1,181 | 1:51,704 | 1,371 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Australia | - | 1,066 | 1:12,812 | 1,078 |
| Kenya | - | 1,020 | 1:45,399 | 3,195 |
| Denmark | - | 917 | 1:6,161 | 656 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 917 | 1:101 | 2 |
| Suriname | 100% | 724 | 1:764 | 125 |
| Uruguay | 86% | 707 | 1:4,848 | 482 |
| Algeria | - | 570 | 1:66,977 | 2,013 |
| Vanuatu | - | 530 | 1:494 | 113 |
| Jordan | 98% | 524 | 1:16,845 | 991 |
| Austria | 100% | 432 | 1:19,709 | 894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71% | 424 | 1:19,227 | 1,912 |
| Costa Rica | 52% | 388 | 1:12,289 | 1,052 |
| Argentina | 71% | 372 | 1:114,982 | 1,985 |
| Panama | 100% | 368 | 1:10,616 | 1,381 |
| Romania | 100% | 363 | 1:55,240 | 3,010 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 343 | 1:454 | 123 |
| Nicaragua | 68% | 340 | 1:17,701 | 1,432 |
| Liberia | 99% | 333 | 1:13,249 | 1,062 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 332 | 1:21,798 | 1,335 |
| Qatar | 100% | 327 | 1:7,246 | 1,184 |
| Guatemala | 67% | 324 | 1:49,717 | 1,684 |
| Greece | 100% | 317 | 1:34,494 | 1,409 |
| Russia | 93% | 313 | 1:460,811 | 5,194 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Bahrain | - | 296 | 1:4,556 | 731 |
| Oman | - | 289 | 1:14,217 | 1,430 |
| Palestine | 100% | 286 | 1:15,909 | 982 |
| Kuwait | - | 285 | 1:13,282 | 1,514 |
| Uganda | 98% | 250 | 1:163,828 | 6,139 |
| China | - | 248 | 1:5,508,289 | 55,910 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 245 | 1:124,285 | 8,250 |
| Zimbabwe | 90% | 236 | 1:65,355 | 5,285 |
| New Zealand | - | 234 | 1:19,385 | 1,546 |
| Norway | 100% | 227 | 1:22,609 | 1,297 |
| Djibouti | - | 217 | 1:4,220 | 471 |
| Malawi | 50% | 212 | 1:80,718 | 4,695 |
| Malta | - | 210 | 1:2,045 | 387 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 209 | 1:34,220 | 3,244 |
| Iraq | 84% | 193 | 1:181,440 | 3,305 |
| Monaco | 100% | 188 | 1:205 | 10 |
| Honduras | 100% | 185 | 1:47,662 | 2,206 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 100% | 184 | 1:74 | 25 |
| Cape Verde | - | 181 | 1:2,923 | 463 |
| Japan | - | 171 | 1:748,456 | 13,297 |
| Niger | 100% | 153 | 1:125,386 | 4,283 |
| Pakistan | 75% | 144 | 1:1,349,706 | 21,483 |
| Saint Lucia | 92% | 137 | 1:1,298 | 222 |
| Ireland | 99% | 123 | 1:37,752 | 1,402 |
| Bahamas | - | 119 | 1:3,356 | 611 |
| Aruba | - | 117 | 1:887 | 174 |
| Dominica | - | 108 | 1:699 | 150 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 81% | 108 | 1:1,778 | 357 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Jamaica | - | 102 | 1:28,267 | 2,010 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 101 | 1:235,343 | 19,400 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 98 | 1:98 | 28 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 96 | 1:66 | 2 |
| Scotland | 99% | 93 | 1:57,531 | 1,719 |
| Zambia | - | 91 | 1:174,229 | 6,469 |
| Czechia | 75% | 90 | 1:118,402 | 1,239 |
| Croatia | 100% | 87 | 1:48,472 | 1,708 |
| Singapore | 50% | 86 | 1:73,105 | 7,027 |
| Estonia | 100% | 83 | 1:15,848 | 1,495 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 82 | 1:29,985 | 1,585 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 78 | 1:11,168 | 950 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 78 | 1:8,678 | 936 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Andorra | - | 77 | 1:1,076 | 161 |
| Hong Kong | - | 70 | 1:110,753 | 2,869 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 69 | 1:51,454 | 1,415 |
| Hungary | 94% | 67 | 1:146,146 | 884 |
| Finland | 100% | 59 | 1:92,935 | 2,306 |
| Jersey | - | 55 | 1:1,818 | 352 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 52 | 1:1,781,214 | 3,081 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 93% | 50 | 1:27,228 | 2,966 |
| Wales | 100% | 45 | 1:68,762 | 2,045 |
| Guyana | 100% | 43 | 1:17,750 | 2,281 |
| Tanzania | 89% | 38 | 1:1,389,166 | 21,105 |
| Turkey | 100% | 34 | 1:2,288,286 | 15,233 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| South Korea | - | 27 | 1:205,349 | 7,745 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Laos | - | 25 | 1:263,474 | 265 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| El Salvador | - | 24 | 1:264,241 | 3,275 |
| Mauritania | 80% | 24 | 1:170,635 | 5,396 |
| Ukraine | - | 24 | 1:1,895,830 | 4,899 |
| Botswana | - | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Belarus | 80% | 20 | 1:474,119 | 3,101 |
| Belize | 100% | 20 | 1:17,715 | 2,114 |
| Albania | 75% | 18 | 1:169,254 | 9,529 |
| Bermuda | - | 17 | 1:3,813 | 661 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 17 | 1:2,227 | 332 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:34,174 | 2,353 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Cambodia | - | 15 | 1:1,084,889 | 16,581 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 13 | 1:4,715 | 843 |
| Latvia | - | 12 | 1:167,970 | 2,495 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 56% | 12 | 1:9,298 | 1,351 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:9,146 | 1,253 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 11 | 1:185,454 | 13,249 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Bulgaria | - | 9 | 1:776,710 | 9,666 |
| Comoros | - | 9 | 1:84,593 | 329 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Iran | - | 9 | 1:8,721,874 | 26,086 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Afghanistan | - | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6 | 1:307,191 | 2,078 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Moldova | - | 6 | 1:593,523 | 3,425 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Lithuania | - | 5 | 1:590,376 | 2,548 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 5 | 1:95,128 | 1,169 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Maldives | - | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 3 | 1:5,915,615 | 32,741 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
The alternate forms: Michèl (367), Michél (148), Míchel (10) & Mîchel (2) are calculated separately.
Michel (458,046) may also be a surname.
Michel Forename Popularity
Michel Demographics
Michel Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 4,784 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Michel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Michel in the Russian language | ||
| Мичел | micel | - |
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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
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- 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 Michel