Last Name MICHAEL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Michael, more commongly Mitchell. Who is like God?

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Arabic, Dutch, Irish, Lebanese, Assyrian, Austrian, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Hungarian, Pakistani, Ethiopian

Rank	798 (2000 US census)	877 (1990 US census)

Count	39,369 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

86.36%, or 33999 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.62%, or 3000 total occurrences, as black,
1.13%, or 445 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.73%, or 287 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.93%, or 760 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.23%, or 878 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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