Micheli
surname · Latin script
Meaning: do nome hebraico Mikael; forma abreviada de Michaelis
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Micheli is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ARArgentina1 in 38K(measured from records)
- BRBrazil≈1 in 285K
- ITItaly≈1 in 11K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 120 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,800 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
do nome hebraico Mikael; forma abreviada de Michaelis
Sources 1
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Micheli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 11K | listed | Micheli | 56 |
| AR Argentina | 1,191 | 1 in 38K | 1.2K | Micheli | 71 |
| FR France | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 58K | 112 | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | ≈740 est. | ≈1 in 285K | 41K | Micheli | 120 |
| US United States | 625 | 1 in 532K | 1.1K | Micheli | 82 |
| CH Switzerland | 265 | 1 in 32K | 265 | Micheli | 13 |
| UY Uruguay | 87 | 1 in 39K | 87 | Micheli | 13 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — Nomes (census name API); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the xinhua-italian-manual register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Micheli is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Abgeschwächter Patronymname zu Michel < Michael; Variante mit -i. Verstreut belegt; zeigt die reduzierte Michel-Basis und Genitiv-/Diminutivvariation.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen
variant spelling of Mitchell.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In Italian, a surname originating as a patronymic
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pier Antonio Michelib. 1679FRItalian botanist (1679-1737)
- Vincenzo Michelib. 1833ITItalian architect (1833–1905)
- Guglielmo Michelib. 1866ITItalian painter (1866-1926)
- Rodolfo Michelib. 1930ARArgentine footballer (1930–2022)
- Enrico Luigi Michelib. 1938ITItalian politician and writer (1938–2011)
- Maurizio Michelib. 1947ITItalian actor, voice actor, comedian, author and playwright
- Isabella Michelib. 1962ITItalian figure skater
- Amanda Michelib. 1972USAmerican film director
- Laurent Michelib. 1982BEBelgian Director
- Ornella Michelib. 2000ITItalian film editor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.6K | #5,962 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #22,931 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 874 | #26,292 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 625 | #35,912 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 265 | #4,923 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 209 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 194 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 186 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 171 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 152 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 141 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Micheli mean?
- Recorded meaning: do nome hebraico Mikael; forma abreviada de Michaelis
- In which country does Micheli have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.8 thousand people named Micheli in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled micheli.
- How common is the name Micheli?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 1,191 people named Micheli, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/micheliThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Micheli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.