The Michot surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 227 people carried this name — #82,908 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 25% from 181 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,112 people named Michot.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Nièvre.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 256 people named Michot 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 Hainaut.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Michot live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 print
Michot in American newspapers,
1901–1906.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 969 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Michot,
with a public archive behind them.
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Louis J. Michot 1922–2012 · politician -
Catherine Dorothy May Studdert d. 1954
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Norbert Louis Michot 1803–1887 · botanist
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Albert Michot 1892–1915
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Paul Michot 1902–1999 · politician
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Jacques-Henri Michot 1935– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Michot.
- Michelon 208 · U.S. census
- Michelotti 418 · U.S. census
- Michels 7,225 · U.S. census
- Michetti 416 · U.S. census
- Michiels 390 · U.S. census
- Michon 838 · U.S. census
- Mick 5,299 · U.S. census
- Mico 166 · U.S. census
- Micol 110 · U.S. census
- Miconi 188 · U.S. census
- Micou 200 · U.S. census
- Midy 207 · U.S. census
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