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    The surname Mihal

    A Slovak surname, carried by 567 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M400

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mihal is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    Slovak origin

    * As a Slovak and Carpathian Rusyn surname, from Slovak Mihál, from the personal name Michal. Compare Mehall. * As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Mihály. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Mihalj, itself related to both surnames above. * As a Ukrainian surname, Americanized from Mykhal, also related to the above. Compare Michael, Mihalovic.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 567 people named Mihal in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 530.

    #38,902
    rank among US surnames
    567
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #39,111)

    Who is named Mihal

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Mihal identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mihal

    Mihal has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Mihal come from?
    * As a Slovak and Carpathian Rusyn surname, from Slovak Mihál, from the personal name Michal. Compare Mehall. * As a Hungarian surname, Americanized from Mihály. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Mihalj, itself related to both surnames above. * As a Ukrainian surname, Americanized…
    How common is the surname Mihal?
    567 people in the United States had the surname Mihal in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. It ranked 38,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mihal?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Mihal identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Mihal getting more or less common?
    More common. 530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 567 in 2010, up 7.0%.