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The Miceli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,708 people carried this name — #7,107 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,623 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Miceli surname

Southern Italian variant of Micheli.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Miceli» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,889 people named Miceli live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,030
City of Buenos Aires 366
Corrientes 160
Santa Fe 146
Mendoza 86
Córdoba 27
San Luis 26
Entre Ríos 21

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 383 people named Miceli live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 226
Hainaut 105
Limburg 27
Namur 14
Flemish Brabant 6
Brussels-Capital 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 307 people named Miceli.

Most of them — 235 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 235
Bouches-du-Rhône 25
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Moselle 5
Lot-et-Garonne 4
Var 4
Pas-de-Calais 3
Paris 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

180 people named Miceli live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 42
Ticino 27
Geneva 19
Bern 17
Vaud 16
Aargau 15
Thurgau 12
St. Gallen 10

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Miceli in American newspapers,
1901–1917.

Newspaper page from Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser carrying the name Miceli
Newark Evening Star And Newark Advertiser 1910-10-20
Newspaper page from The Nome Nugget carrying the name Miceli
The Nome Nugget 1901-09-17
Newspaper page from The Morgan City Daily Review carrying the name Miceli
The Morgan City Daily Review 1917-12-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Miceli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luigi Miceli
    Luigi Miceli 1824–1906 · politician
  • Walter Miceli d. 2001 · announcer
  • Francesco Maria Miceli 1676–1753 · Catholic priest
  • Giovanni Battista Miceli 1698–1763 · Catholic priest
  • Vincenzo Miceli 1733–1781 · priest
  • Luigi Miceli 1824–1906 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Miceli.

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