Explore the Family Name Mihalic

The meaning of Mihalic

Croatian (Mihalić); Slovenian and Rusyn (from Slovakia) (Mihalič): patronymic from the personal name Mihal, an equivalent of Michael (as a dialect variant of Croatian and Slovenian Mihael, and as a regional variant of Rusyn Mykhal). Compare Mihalich, Mihalick, and Mehalic.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Mihalic" has slightly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Mihalic was ranked 43,463 in terms of popularity and had a count of 468. By 2010, the rank had improved to 42,858 and the count increased to 505, representing a growth rate of 7.91 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people remained constant at 0.17 during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,463	#42,858	1.39%
Count	468	505	7.91%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.17	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Mihalic

In terms of ethnicity, the census data reveals that majority of individuals with the surname Mihalic identify as White. In 2000, 96.37 percent identified as White, and this slightly decreased to 96.04 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the presence of Hispanic identity within the Mihalic surname holders increased marginally from 2.35 percent in 2000 to 2.38 percent in 2010. No significant changes were observed for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic identities across the two census years. Notably, in 2010, there was data indicating that some individuals identified with two or more races, but such data was suppressed (S) in 2000 for privacy reasons. This data is also based on the findings of the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.37%	96.04%	-0.34%
Hispanic	2.35%	2.38%	1.28%
Two or More Races	0%	0.99%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%