How common is the last name Michael?

37,760 people in the United States have the last name Michael, about 1 in 7,916. It ranks #909 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MICHAEL

#909

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
37,760
About
1 in 7,916
This common or more
38.6%
Who bears it

Of the 37,760 people with the last name Michael, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 10.1% as Black and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Michael

#907 Landry · 37,904#908 Bernard · 37,873#910 Everett · 37,752#911 Mayer · 37,738

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Michael, most common first.

#1,339 Michel · 25,704#10,540 Mikhail · 2,902#13,835 Mickel · 2,092#17,650 Michell · 1,563#22,931 Micheli · 1,147#26,068 Mikhael · 988#32,142 Michal · 769#38,279 Mischel · 623

Also a first name

As a first name, Michael ranks #1 of 53,615, with 3,476,721 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1957, with 93,036 births. See Michael as a first name

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