Mykel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mykel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 111K(measured from records)
- ECEcuador1 in 22K
- GHGhana≈1 in 136K
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.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 254 (measured from records)
- 1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
2,999 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mykel 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,999 | 1 in 111K | 2.4K | Mykel | 254 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 198K | — | Mykel | 17 |
| EC Ecuador | 753 | 1 in 22K | 753 | Mykel | 9 |
| PH Philippines | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 319K | — | Mykel | 36 |
| GH Ghana | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 136K | — | Mykel | 11 |
| NI Nicaragua | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 232K | — | Mykel | 5 |
2,999 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Mykel Boardb. 1950USAmerican journalist
- Mykel Hawkeb. 1965USAmerican actor, director, writer, instructor
- Mykel Shannon Jenkinsb. 1969USAmerican actor
- Mykel Bensonb. 1987USplayer of American football
- Mykel Derringb. 2000USbasketball player
- Mykel Williamsb. 2004USAmerican football player (born 2004)
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 26 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 141 | #122,314 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 135 | #118,954 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 117 | #144,270 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- Is Mykel a male or female name?
- Mykel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Mykel have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Mykel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mykel.
- Where is Mykel most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mykel is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Mykel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,999 people named Mykel in 2020, about 1 in 111 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Mykel?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mykelThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Mykel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.