The Mikula surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,310 people carried this name — #13,226 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 128,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (2,314).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Mikula surname
From Czech Mikula, Slovak Mikula, Polish Mikuła or Mikula (less common).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mikula» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
4,427 people named Mikula have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 4,928 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 74 people named Mikula.
29 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Moselle.
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
49 people named Mikula live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 33 people named Mikula 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Mikula 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).
In print
Mikula in American newspapers,
1922–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,656 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mikula,
with a public archive behind them.
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Josef Mikula 1816–1881 · Catholic priest -
Carl F. Mikula 1862– · physician
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Method Mikula 1885–1965 · physician
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František Mikula 1889–
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Alois Mikula 1892–1976 · writer
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Oskar Mikula 1894–1971 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mikula.
- Mihajlovic 168 · U.S. census
- Mika 2,451 · U.S. census
- Mikaelian 482 · U.S. census
- Miklas 527 · U.S. census
- Mikolajczak 658 · U.S. census
- Mikolajczyk 1,166 · U.S. census
- Mila 447 · U.S. census
- Milan 6,268 · U.S. census
- Milanese 574 · U.S. census
- Milani 1,416 · U.S. census
- Milano 5,609 · U.S. census
- Milanovic 316 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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