Miele surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Miele surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,668 people carried this name — #8,923 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,695 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 358 people named Miele 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 249
Santa Fe 59
City of Buenos Aires 23
Córdoba 17
Tucumán 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

160 people named Miele live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 36
Vaud 24
Aargau 16
Geneva 16
Ticino 15
St. Gallen 13
Basel-Stadt 10
Lucerne 6

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 148 people named Miele.

Most of them — 80 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Paris.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 80
Paris 19
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Loire 10
Essonne 6
Nièvre 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 3
Var 2
Rhône 2

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

In print

Miele in American newspapers,
1903–1921.

Newspaper page from Scranton Wochenblatt carrying the name Miele
Scranton Wochenblatt 1903-08-06
Newspaper page from Scranton Wochenblatt carrying the name Miele
Scranton Wochenblatt 1903-06-25
Newspaper page from La Libera Parola carrying the name Miele
La Libera Parola 1921-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,051 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Miele,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carl Miele
    Carl Miele 1869–1938 · engineer
  • Giuditto Miele
    Giuditto Miele 1923–2001 · politician
  • Antonio Miele 1813–1863 · politician
  • Hermann Miele 1834–1890
  • Alighiero Miele 1887–1941 · military personnel
  • Giovanni Miele 1907–2000 · jurist

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Miele is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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