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The Micheli surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 625 people carried this name — #35,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 28% from 874 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Micheli surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Michele.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Micheli» (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 1,191 people named Micheli 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 498
City of Buenos Aires 166
Córdoba 124
Mendoza 117
Santa Fe 76
Entre Ríos 60
Tucumán 51
La Rioja 29

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 656 people named Micheli.

109 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Corsica.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 109
Corsica 198
Bouches-du-Rhône 88
Paris 33
Ain 22
Var 20
Drôme 16
Rhône 12
Gard 12

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

264 people named Micheli live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 61
Geneva 52
Vaud 37
Zurich 30
Bern 17
Valais 16
Graubünden 11
Lucerne 9

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 20 people named Micheli 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.

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

Where they live today

Liège 13
Walloon Brabant 7

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

Who carried it

People named Micheli,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gian Vincenzo Micheli d. 1596 · Catholic priest
  • Jacopo Micheli d. 1597 · Catholic priest
  • Gino Micheli d. 1350 · sculptor
  • Zanetto Micheli 1489–1560 · musical instrument maker
  • Giovanni Della Gatta 1501–1571 · bookseller
  • Francesco Micheli 1508–1558

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

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