# Miguel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/miguel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,861 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,303 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 28,427 people |
| Change since 2000 | +49% (7,282 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Miguel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 62% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 14% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Miguel in Brazil and the United States.

## People named Miguel

- Marcelo Miguel, Brazilian association football player
- Aurélio Miguel, Brazilian judoka and politician
- Marcílio da Silva Miguel, Brazilian association football player
- Nigel Miguel, Belizean-American actor, film producer, basketball player

## Similar surnames

Mikell, Mikel, Mikula, Mickel, Michel, Mizell, Miceli, Maxwell, Mosley, McCall, Michael, McGill.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.