Michaels

Michaels is the 2,158th most common surname in the United States, shared by 16,387 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 18,200.

By the numbers

People: 16,387
Rank: 2,158th
How common: 1 in 18,200
Per 100,000: 5.5

Where the name comes from

Variant of Michael with patronymic genitival or post-medieval excrescent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Michaels described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 88.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.2%
Black, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Michaels

Shawn Michaels (born 1965)American professional wrestler
Julia Michaels (born 1993)American singer and songwriter
Bret Michaels (born 1963)American rock musician
Lorne Michaels (born 1944)Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor
Gianna Michaels (born 1983)American pornographic actress & model
Anne Michaels (born 1958)Canadian poet and novelist
Sean Michaels (born 1958)American pornographic actor
Jillian Michaels (born 1974)American personal trainer, reality show personality, actress, talk show host and entrepreneur

People named Michaels with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Michaels

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.