Find out how popular the last name Miko is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Miko.

Miko, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Miko surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Miko in America

Miko is the 32485th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Miko surname appeared 708 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Miko.

We can also compare 2010 data for Miko to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Miko

The surname MIKO has its origins in Eastern Europe, specifically in Poland and Ukraine. It is believed to have originated in the late 15th or early 16th century as a nickname or diminutive form of the Slavic name "Michal" or "Michael."

In its earliest recorded instances, the name was often spelled as "Michko" or "Mychko," which were variations of the Polish and Ukrainian spellings of the name Michael. The transition to the modern spelling of "MIKO" likely occurred over time as the name was adopted and adapted by different Slavic communities.

One of the earliest known references to the name MIKO can be found in the Polish Nobility Records (Zapiski Heraldyczne) from the 16th century, where it was mentioned in connection with a family of minor nobility from the Lublin region of eastern Poland.

In the 17th century, there are records of a prominent Ukrainian Cossack leader named Petro MIKO, who played a significant role in the Cossack uprisings against Polish rule. He was born around 1595 and died in 1647.

Another notable bearer of the surname was Jakub MIKO, a Polish poet and writer who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries (1756-1828). He is best known for his satirical works and contributions to the Polish Enlightenment movement.

In the 19th century, the name MIKO was also found in historical records from the regions of Galicia (now part of modern-day Ukraine and Poland) and Bukovina (now part of Romania and Ukraine). One example is Hryhoriy MIKO, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and writer who lived from 1835 to 1923.

A more contemporary figure was Jerzy MIKO, a Polish historian and academic who specialized in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was born in 1925 and passed away in 2018.

While these are just a few examples, the surname MIKO has a rich history that spans several centuries and regions of Eastern Europe, reflecting the cultural and historical influences of the Slavic peoples who bore this name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Miko

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Miko.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Miko was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Miko has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Miko was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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