Mikel is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Scotland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mikel
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, Scotland, England
Meaning:

A variation of Michell. See Mitchell - The Anglo-Saxon mycel, great, or mickle, would be a tolerably satisfactory etymon, and this may in some instances be the origin of the surname. It is probably derived from Michael, a very popular baptismal name in many countries, through its French form, Michel. This view is confirmed by the existence of the surname Mitchelson

Gilbert de Aquila, otherwise called Magnus, and by the Saxons, Mucel, i.e., "the Great," flourishell in the XI century From him one of the families of Michell are illegitimately descended.

Mikel is the form of Michels. Descendant of Michel meaning "who is like God".

Lastname Mikel is a variation of Micele. Descendant of Michele meaning "one who is like God".

The family name Mikel is variation of Michal. Descendant of Michal or Mical meaning "who is like God".

Variant of the Mitcham. One who came from Mitcham, i.e., great homestead, in Surrey.

A variant form of Michels. Of the Michaels or Michael family.

Mikel is the form of Michaels. The genitive form of Michael.

Mikel is variant form of the Mitcham. A parish in Surrey.

How popular is Mikel?

Mikel is common in Nigeria, United States, Czechia, Ghana, Egypt, Indonesia, Russia, Jordan, Papua New Guinea.

Mikel is ranked 42463 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mikel bearers increased by 2.53 per cent in 2010 US census to 2514 since 2000, the surname slipped by 658 spots and ranked at 12370. The last name was found in around 8 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.76 80.71
Black 14.52 13.91
Hispanic or Latino 3.42 2.12
Others 1.59 1.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.51 1.02
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2 0.61
Mikel is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Micronesia is ahead in terms of density. Around 12283 people have been found who wears Mikel as their family name. Mikel is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Mikel:
2,306 Nigeria6,607
12,184 United States3,224
Countries with hundreds of Mikel:
3,506 Czechia469
9,187 Ghana277
32,813 Egypt153
72,032 Indonesia135
82,521 Russia131
5,904 Jordan129
10,532 Papua New Guinea102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
38,740 Turkey99
34,739 Canada94
5,058 Palestine93
16,895 Belarus83
38,967 Argentina80
18,093 Mexico67
227,026 India59
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,338 Slovakia47
7,408 Latvia42
174,004 France31
566 Micronesia28
49,506 Spain27
54,005 Cameroon27
39,193 Austria23
154,763 Germany23
1,143 Guam21
101,561 England19
67,452 Malaysia18
80,079 Greece15
18,650 Liberia13
97,973 Australia12
26,891 Qatar12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
20,027 Ecuador9
40,820 Croatia7
156,558 Poland6
101,176 Netherlands6
553,295 Thailand6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Johannes Mikel was 29 years old when he migrated to New York on June 21, 1852. He lived in Kurhessen where he worked as farmer and took Jane E. Walsh from Liverpool. 1 month old Felix Mikel, Mary Mikel, 24 years old Johann Mikel, Laborer Ig. Mikel, Gerz-Mr Mikel, aged 24, Mich.Mr Mikel, aged 28, Weaver Erhard Mikel, are others that migrated to US from Havre, Antwerp, Liverpool, Rotterdam and Bremen.

Mikel Namesakes

  • John Obi Mikel, Nigerian professional footballer

Mikel Namesakes

  • John Obi Mikel, Nigerian professional footballer

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