The Michalik surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,687 people carried this name — #16,887 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 175,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,641 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
15,566 people named Michalik have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 17,354 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 153 people named Michalik 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 Mendoza.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 113 people named Michalik.
41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
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
53 people named Michalik live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 44 people named Michalik 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 Limburg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
54 people named Michalik 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 Michalik,
with a public archive behind them.
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Julian Michalik 1895–1982
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Stefan Michalik 1897–1940 · police officer
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Antoni Michalik 1903–1988 · military personnel
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Witold Michalik 1905–1985 · photographer
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Nikodemus Michalik 1905–
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Władysław Michalik 1911–2001 · ice hockey player
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michalik.
- 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
- Michalek 1,991 · U.S. census
- Michalowski 1,416 · U.S. census
- Michalski 6,914 · U.S. census
- Michas 184 · U.S. census
- Michau 264 · U.S. census
- Michaud 14,910 · U.S. census
- Michaux 761 · U.S. census
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