The Michal surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 865 people carried this name — #27,783 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 878 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 210 people named Michal.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Isère.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 29 people named Michal 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 Tucumán.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
38 people named Michal is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Michal,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zoroastre Alexis Michal 1801–1875 · engineer -
Emilie "Titti" Michal 1864–1918 · actor
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Jacques Michal 1680–1750 · cartographer
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Jan Michal 1818–1861 · writer
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Louise Aurore Eleonore Michal 1858–1937 · actor
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Jan Michal 1862–1925 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michal.
- Miccoli 141 · U.S. census
- Miceli 4,708 · 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
- Michalak 3,983 · U.S. census
- Michalek 1,991 · U.S. census
- Michalik 1,687 · U.S. census
- Michalowski 1,416 · U.S. census
- Michalski 6,914 · U.S. census
- Michas 184 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Michal is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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