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.
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