How common is the surname Mueller?

64,191 people in the United States had the surname Mueller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,810 Americans. It ranked 523rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mueller?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mueller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mueller?

Robert Mueller, American attorney and sixth director of the FBI (1944–2026), followed by Kayla Mueller.

Where is the surname Mueller most common?

Wikidata records people named Mueller in the United States.

How do you pronounce Mueller?

Mueller is /ˈmʌlɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mueller getting more or less common?

Less common. 64,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 64,191 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Mueller

A German occupational surname, carried by 64,191 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌlɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex M460

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mueller is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

From German Müller (“miller”). Doublet of Miller.

Mueller is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 64,191 people named Mueller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,810 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 64,305.

#523

rank among US surnames

64,191

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#514	Cobb	65,125	4,741
#515	Gibbs	65,064	4,745
#516	Andrade	65,037	4,747
#517	Bauer	65,004	4,750
#518	Conner	64,572	4,781
#519	Moody	64,429	4,792
#520	Escobar	64,403	4,794

Who is named Mueller

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

96% of people named Mueller identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Muellers

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Mueller
American attorney and sixth director of the FBI (1944–2026)
Kayla Mueller
American aid worker and ISIS captive (1988–2015)
Peter Mueller
American speed skater, born 1954
William Mueller
American professional wrestler, born 1980
Jean Mueller
American astronomer (born 1950)
Tom Mueller
American aerospace engineer and rocket engine designer, born 1961
Eric Mueller
American rower, born 1970
Brooke Mueller
American actress and real estate investor, born 1977
Jessie Mueller
American actress and singer, born 1983
Chris Mueller
American soccer player, born 1996
Cookie Mueller
Actress, writer (1949-1989)
Erwin Louis Mueller
American basketball player (1944–2018)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Mueller

Mueller has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mueller come from?: From German Müller (“miller”). Doublet of Miller.
How common is the surname Mueller?: 64,191 people in the United States had the surname Mueller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,810 Americans. It ranked 523rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mueller?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mueller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mueller?: Robert Mueller, American attorney and sixth director of the FBI (1944–2026), followed by Kayla Mueller.
Where is the surname Mueller most common?: Wikidata records people named Mueller in the United States.
How do you pronounce Mueller?: Mueller is /ˈmʌlɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Mueller?: Mueller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mueller getting more or less common?: Less common. 64,305 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 64,191 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Mueller?: Muller and Müller.