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.
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 mapWhere they live today
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 mapWhere they live today
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
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 mapWhere they live today
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.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 991 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Miceli,
with a public archive behind them.
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Luigi Miceli 1824–1906 · politician -
Walter Miceli d. 2001 · announcer
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Francesco Maria Miceli 1676–1753 · Catholic priest
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Giovanni Battista Miceli 1698–1763 · Catholic priest
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Vincenzo Miceli 1733–1781 · priest
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Luigi Miceli 1824–1906 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Miceli.
- Miani 182 · U.S. census
- Miara 158 · U.S. census
- Mical 343 · U.S. census
- Micallef 881 · U.S. census
- Micciche 842 · U.S. census
- Miccoli 141 · U.S. census
- Mich 436 · U.S. census
- Michael 40,736 · U.S. census
- Michaeli 165 · U.S. census
- Michaelis 3,222 · U.S. census
- Michal 865 · U.S. census
- Michalak 3,983 · U.S. census
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