Miracle Surname

45,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Haiti

Miracle Surname User-submission:

The surname Miracle is a product of tenacity and a healthy Appalachian accent. The progenitors were named Merckel and moved from Germany to America in 1710. The family moved from New York to Pennsylvania to North Carolina then to the southeastern area of Kentucky.

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Miracle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3581:49,2615,972
Nigeria1,9181:92,3586,396
Ghana6231:43,3724,874
Haiti4871:21,9381,772
Spain3051:153,28511,267
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
India1051:7,305,385159,213
Indonesia511:2,593,121151,846
Canada451:818,79163,991
Mexico421:2,955,38622,751
Uganda341:1,148,21447,064
China281:48,832,9132,633
Kenya251:1,847,19636,049
Afghanistan211:1,531,10412,360
Argentina211:2,035,401100,871
England201:2,785,90397,972
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Philippines131:7,787,556197,164
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Senegal81:1,822,4184,361
France71:9,488,960336,266
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Iceland41:95,0224,787
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Malta11:430,2723,380
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4691:107,07610,727

Miracle (30,939) may also be a first name.

Miracle Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Miracle is a product of tenacity and a healthy Appalachian accent. The progenitors were named Merckel and moved from Germany to America in 1710. The family moved from New York to Pennsylvania to North Carolina then to the southeastern area of Kentucky. Somewhere due to the pronunciation change, the name started being spelled not as Merckel, but Miracle, because that's how people understood the name.

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Miracle Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Miracle Come From? nationality or country of origin

Miracle (Oriya: ମିରାକି) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Miracle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 45,500th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 639,090 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Miracle are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 27,267th most common forename world-wide It is held by 30,939 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7,358 people, or 1 in 49,261. In The United States Miracle is most prevalent in: Kentucky, where 21 percent live, Ohio, where 14 percent live and Michigan, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 81 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Ghana, where 5 percent live.

Miracle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Miracle has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,569 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Miracle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Miracle surname are 24.91% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 71.68% being registered with the party.

The amount Miracle earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 13.39% less than the national average, earning $37,372 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.43% less than the national average, earning $40,528 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miracles93143/
Mirracle931/
Miraclee931/
Mireacle931/
Miraccle931/
Mirackle931/
Meiracle930/
Mirackles881/
Myracle86441/
Meracle86166/
Mirakle8619/
Meracles8027/
Mirakile8018/
Mirocler808/
Mirakele805/
Miraclia801/
Mirakhele751/
Mirazli7129/
Meracli711/
Myrakle711/
Mirachilli711/
Myrocle710/
Meracla710/
Meracly710/
Misrakli67169/
Mirakhel6746/
Merachli6712/
Mehracli674/
Mirakail672/
Meraclis671/

Miracle Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Miracle in the Oriya language
ମିରାକିmiraki50
ମିରାକଲmirakala50

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