Explore the Family Name Michals

The meaning of Michals

1. Altered form of Michaels. 2. American shortened form of Polish and Jewish Michalski and possibly also of some other related surnames, derived from the local European forms of the personal name Michael.

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How common is the last name Michals in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Michals has seen a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 33,735 and decreased marginally to a rank of 36,099 in 2010, reflecting a change of -7.01%. The count of people carrying this surname also dropped from 637 in 2000 to 621 in 2010, indicating a decrease by -2.51%. Consequently, the proportion per 100k people with the Michals name fell from 0.24 to 0.21 during the same decade, marking a -12.5% change.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#33,735	#36,099	-7.01%
Count	637	621	-2.51%
Proportion per 100k	0.24	0.21	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Michals

The Decennial U.S. Census data on the ethnic identity associated with the surname Michals shows some shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, accounting for 95.45% in 2000 and 92.91% in 2010, showing a slight decrease of -2.66%. Those identifying as Black constituted 2.67% in 2000 and decreased to 2.25% in 2010, marking a -15.73% change. The percentage of people identifying with two or more races also decreased from 1.41% in 2000 to 1.13% in 2010, a -19.86% change. Interestingly, there were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, but a new category emerged in 2010 with 2.25% identifying as Hispanic.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.45%	92.91%	-2.66%
Hispanic	0%	2.25%	0%
Black	2.67%	2.25%	-15.73%
Two or More Races	1.41%	1.13%	-19.86%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%