Mikhail Forename
315th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,968,213 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia
Mikhail Forename User-submission:
(Russian), ''Who Is Like God?'' [English/Hebrew; Michael.]
Mikhail Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 100% | 1,691,605 | 1:85 | 23 |
| Belarus | 99% | 81,498 | 1:116 | 32 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 68,023 | 1:261 | 48 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 41,572 | 1:741 | 161 |
| United States | 100% | 17,894 | 1:20,260 | 1,642 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 11,162 | 1:490 | 125 |
| Tajikistan | 96% | 9,969 | 1:840 | 159 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 7,005 | 1:853 | 135 |
| Moldova | - | 6,363 | 1:560 | 113 |
| Transnistria | 99% | 5,464 | 1:87 | 25 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,754 | 1:33,370 | 2,187 |
| India | 100% | 1,728 | 1:703,054 | 51,157 |
| Syria | - | 1,626 | 1:11,873 | 878 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,525 | 1:63,395 | 1,633 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,508 | 1:25,217 | 844 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,417 | 1:23,383 | 2,017 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,253 | 1:84,605 | 5,042 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,210 | 1:57,906 | 5,941 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,088 | 1:7,723 | 1,096 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1,013 | 1:1,298 | 304 |
| Iraq | 100% | 946 | 1:37,017 | 1,511 |
| Armenia | 100% | 915 | 1:3,190 | 482 |
| Spain | 100% | 823 | 1:56,537 | 2,143 |
| Georgia | 100% | 561 | 1:6,664 | 699 |
| Ukraine | - | 553 | 1:82,278 | 765 |
| Azerbaijan | 97% | 510 | 1:18,908 | 1,838 |
| England | 100% | 455 | 1:122,204 | 4,305 |
| Ghana | - | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Brazil | 100% | 405 | 1:528,978 | 17,001 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 401 | 1:14,034 | 1,266 |
| Finland | 100% | 369 | 1:14,860 | 962 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 352 | 1:504,444 | 15,801 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 292 | 1:4,662 | 808 |
| South Africa | 100% | 275 | 1:198,301 | 12,837 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 209 | 1:1,234,276 | 72,228 |
| Palestine | 100% | 200 | 1:22,750 | 1,123 |
| Sweden | 100% | 199 | 1:49,537 | 2,616 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 198 | 1:52,683 | 3,457 |
| Morocco | - | 191 | 1:179,836 | 4,854 |
| Latvia | - | 181 | 1:11,136 | 704 |
| Jordan | 100% | 180 | 1:49,038 | 1,535 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 180 | 1:45,631 | 2,099 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 163 | 1:103,694 | 5,288 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 155 | 1:196,451 | 11,425 |
| Greece | 100% | 150 | 1:72,897 | 2,215 |
| France | 100% | 145 | 1:458,416 | 5,167 |
| Portugal | - | 138 | 1:75,441 | 2,229 |
| Australia | - | 129 | 1:105,873 | 3,696 |
| Norway | 100% | 125 | 1:41,059 | 1,836 |
| Japan | - | 114 | 1:1,122,685 | 15,714 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| New Zealand | - | 113 | 1:40,142 | 2,392 |
| Mexico | 99% | 110 | 1:1,128,586 | 8,690 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 103 | 1:293,222 | 9,377 |
| Austria | 100% | 92 | 1:92,546 | 2,026 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 81 | 1:3,005 | 422 |
| Bulgaria | - | 81 | 1:86,301 | 3,284 |
| Belgium | 100% | 76 | 1:151,185 | 4,257 |
| Peru | 100% | 72 | 1:441,548 | 8,263 |
| Guyana | 100% | 63 | 1:12,115 | 1,758 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Italy | 94% | 56 | 1:1,090,394 | 9,259 |
| Jamaica | - | 51 | 1:56,534 | 3,050 |
| Cameroon | - | 49 | 1:441,031 | 14,805 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 48 | 1:51,224 | 2,085 |
| Romania | - | 45 | 1:445,599 | 12,475 |
| China | - | 42 | 1:32,525,138 | 61,215 |
| Serbia | - | 38 | 1:188,045 | 3,525 |
| Chile | 97% | 36 | 1:489,089 | 6,007 |
| Denmark | - | 36 | 1:156,930 | 3,836 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 35 | 1:18,131 | 1,452 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 34 | 1:86,820 | 1,412 |
| Czechia | 100% | 27 | 1:394,673 | 2,241 |
| South Korea | - | 26 | 1:213,247 | 7,913 |
| Singapore | 100% | 25 | 1:251,482 | 9,031 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 23 | 1:230,872 | 1,448 |
| Turkey | - | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Panama | 100% | 21 | 1:186,027 | 7,386 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 21 | 1:5,313 | 910 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 21 | 1:340,571 | 16,465 |
| Ecuador | - | 19 | 1:932,996 | 7,538 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Scotland | 100% | 16 | 1:334,398 | 4,869 |
| Argentina | 100% | 15 | 1:2,851,550 | 9,163 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 13 | 1:14,769 | 1,452 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Monaco | 100% | 10 | 1:3,847 | 675 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Hungary | 100% | 9 | 1:1,087,975 | 2,994 |
| Croatia | 100% | 8 | 1:527,134 | 5,786 |
| Belize | 100% | 7 | 1:50,616 | 3,777 |
| Cuba | - | 7 | 1:1,643,793 | 4,685 |
| Vietnam | - | 7 | 1:13,231,873 | 4,411 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 6 | 1:29,636 | 2,683 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:928,704 | 6,907 |
| Colombia | 100% | 5 | 1:9,555,785 | 40,229 |
| Honduras | - | 5 | 1:1,763,493 | 15,274 |
| Qatar | 100% | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| DR Congo | - | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 4 | 1:13,715 | 1,549 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Bahamas | - | 3 | 1:133,123 | 2,262 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Grenada | 100% | 3 | 1:36,042 | 2,687 |
| Nepal | 100% | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Tanzania | - | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Uganda | 100% | 3 | 1:13,652,307 | 74,436 |
| Wales | - | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Brunei | 100% | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 1 | 1:53,551 | 905 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Mikhaïl (23) & Mikhaîl (1) are calculated separately.
Mikhail (29,817) may also be a surname.
Mikhail Forename Meaning
Mikhail Forename Popularity
Mikhail Demographics
Average Male Mikhail Height
175.68 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 346 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Mikhail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mikhail in the Russian language | ||
| Михаил | mihail | - |
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