Michael's Surname
10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa
Michael's Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michaels | 94 | 39,634 | / |
| Michaeles | 89 | 28 | / |
| Micheaels | 89 | 24 | / |
| Michaells | 89 | 21 | / |
| Michaelsz | 89 | 6 | / |
| Micheal's | 89 | 1 | / |
| Michhaels | 89 | 1 | / |
| Michaelhs | 89 | 1 | / |
| Meichaels | 89 | 0 | / |
| Michels | 88 | 40,369 | / |
| Michals | 88 | 1,031 | / |
| Micaels | 88 | 2 | / |
| Michaelles | 84 | 2 | / |
| Michiels | 82 | 18,637 | / |
| Micheals | 82 | 1,743 | / |
| Micheels | 82 | 419 | / |
| Michales | 82 | 260 | / |
| Micheles | 82 | 137 | / |
| Miechels | 82 | 56 | / |
| Michells | 82 | 50 | / |
| Michails | 82 | 19 | / |
| Mychaels | 82 | 19 | / |
| Michalls | 82 | 18 | / |
| Michaelz | 82 | 13 | / |
| Meichels | 82 | 10 | / |
| Michelsz | 82 | 8 | / |
| Micahels | 82 | 6 | / |
| Mikhaels | 82 | 3 | / |
| Micheils | 82 | 3 | / |
| Michuels | 82 | 1 | / |
| Muchaels | 82 | 1 | / |
| Michelss | 82 | 1 | / |
| Michaëls | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maichels | 82 | 0 | / |
| Michahelles | 80 | 153 | / |
| Michaelsová | 80 | 1 | / |
| Michelles | 78 | 20 | / |
| Micheales | 78 | 2 | / |
| Meicheles | 78 | 1 | / |
| Maichells | 78 | 1 | / |
| Micheiels | 78 | 1 | / |
| Michieles | 78 | 1 | / |
| Micheless | 78 | 1 | / |
| Micheills | 78 | 1 | / |
| Michealss | 78 | 0 | / |
| Michailes | 78 | 0 | / |
| Mechels | 75 | 224 | / |
| Michols | 75 | 119 | / |
| Michelz | 75 | 72 | / |
| Mechals | 75 | 64 | / |
| Michalz | 75 | 34 | / |
| Mycaels | 75 | 2 | / |
| Muchels | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mychals | 75 | 1 | / |
| Miceals | 75 | 0 | / |
| Mecheels | 71 | 20 | / |
| Mecheles | 71 | 12 | / |
| Michelez | 71 | 11 | / |
| Mechales | 71 | 5 | / |
| Michalez | 71 | 5 | / |
| Mechiels | 71 | 3 | / |
| Micholes | 71 | 3 | / |
| Micholls | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mechells | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mucheles | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mikhiels | 71 | 1 | / |
| Michellz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Meachels | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mechelles | 67 | 1 | / |
| Michellez | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- 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 Michael's
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis