# Mucha (surname)

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

A surname from Czech.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Czech |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,563 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,156 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 120,463 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.1% (2,619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Muha, Mukha |

## Etymology

From Czech Mucha, Polish Mucha, or Slovak Mucha, from Proto-Slavic *muxa (“fly”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mucha 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Similar surnames

Mauch, Mutch, Macha, Musa, Muck, McShea, McCoy, Mejia, Moss, McGee, Mack, Massey.

## 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.