How Many People Have the Last Name Michael?
people had the surname Michael in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 7,241 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,367 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Michael (83.6%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 8.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Michael ranks #624. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 86.4% to 83.6%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Michael grew from 39,369 people in 2000 to 40,736 in 2010 (up 3.5%), and its rank fell from #798 to #847. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 14.59 to 13.81 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 39,369 | 40,736 |
| Rank | #798 | #847 |
| Per 100,000 people | 14.59 | 13.81 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Michael
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Michael: M240
👤 Michael as a First Name
Michael is a first name too: about 3,595,413 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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