Michaelides
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymic from the personal name Mikhail (see Michael)
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 10 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Michaelides is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Greece than in any other country. In Cyprus it is the 34th most common surname.
- CYCyprus≈1 in 2K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 120K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 130Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Michaelides itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Greece (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,400 named Michailidis, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Michailidis in DE Germany, EE Estonia and Μιχαηλιδης in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)patronymic from the personal name Mikhail (see Michael). The -ides patronymic is classical; it was revived in the 19th century, mainly by Greeks from the Black Sea.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Michaelides 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR Greece | #412 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | 46 | Μιχαηλιδης | 101 |
| CY Cyprus | #34 | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Michaelides | 68 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Michaelides | 111 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Michaelides | 17 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈430 est. | ≈1 in 195K | — | Michailidis | 59 |
| US United States | — | 340 | 1 in 978K | 386 | Michaelides | 165 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 117K | — | Michaelides | 77 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 136K | listed | Michailidis | 2 |
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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers). 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)- Solon Michaelidesb. 1905CYCypriot musician and composer (1905–1979)
- Dimitris Michailidisb. 1920GRnot in their usual nameGreek pianist, composer and conductor
- Kōstas P. Michaēlidēsb. 1928CYGreek Cypriot politician
- Alekos Michaelidesb. 1933CYCypriot politician (1933-2008)
- Giannis Michailidisb. 1940GRnot in their usual nameGreek painter
- Andreas Michaelidesb. 1952CYCypriot politician and former footballer and manager
- Ieroklis Michaelidisb. 1960GRnot in their usual nameGreek actor
- Alexander Michaelidesb. 1969GBeconomist (Imperial College; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR))
- Alex Michaelidesb. 1977CYauthor and screenwriter
- Petros Michaelidesb. 2000Cypriot athletics competitor (born 2000)
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 386 | #57,050 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 340 | #59,470 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 322 | #58,849 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- Where does the name Michaelides come from?
- patronymic from the personal name Mikhail (see Michael). The -ides patronymic is classical; it was revived in the 19th century, mainly by Greeks from the Black Sea. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- What does the name Michaelides mean?
- Recorded meaning: patronymic from the personal name Mikhail (see Michael).
- In which country does Michaelides have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named Michailidis in Greece, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Michaelides?
- In the United States, the national register counted 340 people named Michaelides in 2010, about 1 in 978 thousand residents.
- How common is Michaelides compared with other names?
- In Greece, Michaelides is the 412th most common surname of 112,415 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/michaelidesThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Michaelides” — the 412th most common surname in Greece. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.