Popularity of the last name by country

Algeria

• Alger (2,589)
• Oran (1,719)
• Constantine (662)
• Blida (337)
• Annaba (260)
• Skikda (200)
• Guelma (181)
• Tipaza (137)
• Batna (122)
• Aïn Témouchent (103)
• Sidi Bel Abbes (102)
• Souk Ahras (88)
• Mostaganem (81)
• Mascara (78)
• Médéa (78)
• Tébessa (75)
• Boumerdès (73)
• Sétif (68)
• Bouira (56)
• Tlemcen (50)
• Khenchela (47)
• Aïn Defla (45)
• El Tarf (35)
• Chlef (26)
• Tizi Ouzou (18)
• Tiaret (17)
• Biskra (14)
• Relizane (14)
• Mila (9)
• Béjaïa (8)
• Saida (8)
• Bord-Bou-Arréridj (7)
• Laghouat (5)
• Djelfa (3)
• El Oued (2)
• Naâma (2)
• Béchar (1)
• Jijel (1)
• M'Sila (1)
• Oum El-Bouaghi (1)
• Tamanrasset (1)
• Tindouf (1)

All countries

• France (3,465,064)
• Belgium (113,512)
• Canada (78,326)
• Germany (75,149)
• Switzerland (29,596)
• United States (16,534)
• United Kingdom (14,449)
• Czech republic (14,307)
• Netherlands (12,858)
• Algeria (8,545)
• Austria (7,050)
• Martinique (3,819)
• Réunion (2,700)
• Guadeloupe (2,634)
• Italy (2,397)
• Luxembourg (1,949)
• Spain (1,833)
• 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 (843)
• Brazil (820)
• Tunisia (820)
• New Zealand (790)
• Morocco (772)
• Romania (766)
• French Guiana (763)
• Denmark (761)
• Viet Nam (752)
• Poland (667)
• Sweden (609)
• Haiti (574)
• St. Pierre and Miquelon (560)
• Turkey (526)
• Ireland (497)
• 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.