The Mike surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,930 people carried this name — #8,408 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,200 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,458 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

158 people named Mike have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 213 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Silesian 68
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 30
Greater Poland 20
Pomeranian 12
West Pomeranian 12
Łódź 8
Holy Cross 4
Masovian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Mike in American newspapers,
1911–1923.

Newspaper page from San Antonio Light carrying the name Mike
San Antonio Light 1911-10-29
Newspaper page from Perth Amboy Evening News carrying the name Mike
Perth Amboy Evening News 1923-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,743 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mike in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2010s.

8,755 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mike. The most, 1,954, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,076
ACT (Canberra) 1,934
Queensland 1,345
South Australia 1,218
Victoria 761
Western Australia 543
Tasmania 168
Northern Territory 19

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mike.

Who carried it

People named Mike,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sándor Mike
    Sándor Mike 1795–1867 · historian
  • Kazuo Mike
    Kazuo Mike 1883–1973
  • Kikujiro Mike 1888–
  • János Mádl 1905–1981 · tailor
  • János Mádl 1905–1981 · tailor
  • Bob Mike 1918–1981 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mike,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States365 records

365 records of the Mike name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 148
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 118
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 36
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 26
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Patsie E. Mike

    Born 1921 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore, Maryland; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rest Haven Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Carolina Mike

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Matilda from Bremerhaven, aged 29; smith. From Freiburg, Germany; bound for Cincinnati.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Steven Mike

    Born 1950; from Gallup, New Mexico. U.S. Army, armor crewman; died in service 1971 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 365 records for Mike in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany6 records

6 records of the Mike name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Paul Gustav Mike

    From Conradsdorf, Kreis Goldberg. Reported wounded in the Saxon casualty list of 4 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 133).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Wilhelm Mike

    From Sachsendorf, Kreis Cottbus. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 20 October 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 52).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johann Mike

    From Wohlau, Pleß. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 24 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Mike in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Mike name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrienna Mike

    Married in 1817 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jacobus Mike

    Married in 1749 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Petronella Mike

    In the population register of Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Mike in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Mike name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Sebastian Mike

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Mike name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Mohamed Mike

    Born 1931 in Morocco; died 2000 in Roanne (Loire).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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