Michelis

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Abgeschwächter Patronymname zu Michel < Michael; lat

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mitʃelis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Michelis is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 52K
  • ITItaly≈1 in 111K

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)

≈560 people, est.

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Abgeschwächter Patronymname zu Michel < Michael; lat. Genitiv -is. Verstreut belegt; zeigt die Verbindung von Michel-Stamm mit lateinischer Genitivendung.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Michelis 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.

Where Michelis is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy≈560 est.≈1 in 111K—Michelis14
FR France≈380 est.≈1 in 177K30——
US United States1371 in 2.4M144Michelis21
PL Poland1341 in 286K68——
BR Brazil1321 in 1.6M132Michelis30
UY Uruguay651 in 52K65Michelis11
EE Estonia≈49 est.≈1 in 25K21—2
FI Finland211 in 265K21——

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 — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); the ee-stat-nimed register. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Michelis is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Greek surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, United States, Belgium, Canada

    Also written Μιχελης, Μιχελής, Mikhelis, Michelī́s, Μιχέλης

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Michelis 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 Italian, forma latinizada de Michelis

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • —žr. Michalkevičius

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In Lithuanian, Plg. vok. Michel, Michehl : Michael (M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 431). Michelkevičius MICHELK ĖVIČIUS Bb 2, Kn, Kvr, Raud, Srd 2 (žm. vad. Mikiulkis), Šr 3, Ut (11) — žr. Michalkėvičius.

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

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)

180018501900195020002050Edward Michelis, b. 1813Friedrich Bernhard Ferdinand Michelis, b. 1815Angelis Michelis, b. 1868Zygmunt Michelis, b. 1890Panagiotis Michelēs, b. 1903Madeleine Michelis, b. 1913Ursula Michelis, b. 1946Thanasis Michelis, b. 1952Nikos Michelis, b. 2001

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimada Sra. Michelis,Dear Ms Michelis, (English)
InformalHola Michelis,Hi Michelis, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 26 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Michelis
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000144#112,967
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020141#127,013
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010137#125,282
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—132#51,233
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202668—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—68#40,329
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202666—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—66#40,774
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—65—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192165—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196157—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194156—

Reference works 6

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

How do you pronounce Michelis?
A machine transcription gives /mitʃelis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Michelis mean?
Recorded meaning: Abgeschwächter Patronymname zu Michel < Michael; lat.
In which country does Michelis have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 563 people named Michelis in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled michelis.
How common is the name Michelis?
In the United States, the national register counted 137 people named Michelis in 2010, about 1 in 2.4 million residents.

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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, “Michelis”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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