Miracle Surname
Approximately 11,403 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameMiracle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,358 | 1:49,261 | 5,972 |
| Nigeria | 1,918 | 1:92,358 | 6,396 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Haiti | 487 | 1:21,938 | 1,772 |
| Spain | 305 | 1:153,285 | 11,267 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| India | 105 | 1:7,305,385 | 159,213 |
| Indonesia | 51 | 1:2,593,121 | 151,846 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Mexico | 42 | 1:2,955,386 | 22,751 |
| Uganda | 34 | 1:1,148,214 | 47,064 |
| China | 28 | 1:48,832,913 | 2,633 |
| Kenya | 25 | 1:1,847,196 | 36,049 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 469 | 1:107,076 | 10,727 |
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.
- naithomMiracle Demographics
Average Male Miracle Height
176.61 cm
Average Female Miracle Height
163.95 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miracles | 93 | 143 | / |
| Mirracle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Miraclee | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mireacle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Miraccle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mirackle | 93 | 1 | / |
| Meiracle | 93 | 0 | / |
| Mirackles | 88 | 1 | / |
| Myracle | 86 | 441 | / |
| Meracle | 86 | 166 | / |
| Mirakle | 86 | 19 | / |
| Meracles | 80 | 27 | / |
| Mirakile | 80 | 18 | / |
| Mirocler | 80 | 8 | / |
| Mirakele | 80 | 5 | / |
| Miraclia | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mirakhele | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mirazli | 71 | 29 | / |
| Meracli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Myrakle | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mirachilli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Myrocle | 71 | 0 | / |
| Meracla | 71 | 0 | / |
| Meracly | 71 | 0 | / |
| Misrakli | 67 | 169 | / |
| Mirakhel | 67 | 46 | / |
| Merachli | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mehracli | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mirakail | 67 | 2 | / |
| Meraclis | 67 | 1 | / |
Miracle Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Miracle in the Oriya language | ||
| ମିରାକି | miraki | 50 |
| ମିରାକଲ | mirakala | 50 |
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