Popularity of the last name by country
Belgium
- Hainaut (39,108)
- Liège (20,260)
- Namur (19,124)
- Luxembourg (18,359)
- Brabant wallon (6,537)
- Bruxelles-Capitale | Brussel-Hoofdstad (2,585)
- Vlaams-Brabant (1,952)
- Antwerpen (1,062)
- Oost-Vlaanderen (854)
- West-Vlaanderen (588)
- Limburg (178)
All countries
- France (3,465,559)
- Belgium (113,584)
- Canada (78,329)
- Germany (75,155)
- Switzerland (29,601)
- United States (16,541)
- United Kingdom (14,449)
- Czech republic (14,307)
- Netherlands (12,860)
- Algeria (8,548)
- Austria (7,051)
- Martinique (3,822)
- Réunion (2,701)
- Guadeloupe (2,634)
- Italy (2,396)
- Luxembourg (1,949)
- Spain (1,831)
- Finland (1,707)
- Mexico (1,706)
- Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (1,691)
- Hungary (1,628)
- Unknown country (1,273)
- Russian Federation (1,013)
- New Caledonia (1,006)
- Australia (844)
- Brazil (820)
- Tunisia (820)
- New Zealand (790)
- Morocco (773)
- Romania (766)
- French Guiana (764)
- Denmark (761)
- Viet Nam (754)
- Poland (669)
- Sweden (609)
- Haiti (577)
- St. Pierre and Miquelon (560)
- Turkey (526)
- Ireland (496)
- Mauritius (481)
Origine of last name
MICHEL : 1: French Walloon German Dutch West Indian (mainly Haiti) Seychellois and Mauritian: from the personal name Michel (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michael">Michael</a>).2: Basque: Castilianized form of Mitxel from the personal name Mitxel an equivalent of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michael">Michael</a>.3: Polish: from a variant of the personal name Michał (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michael">Michael</a>).4: Germanized form of Sorbian Michał Czech and Slovak <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michal">Michal</a> ‘Michael’.5: English and Scottish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Mitchell">Mitchell</a>.6: American shortened form of Greek patronymics from the personal name <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Michael">Michael</a> e.g. Michelakis Michelakakis or Michelakos.
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