# Muha (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/muha/  
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 Slovene.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Slovene |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 843 |
| US rank (2010) | 28,333 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 366,246 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (830 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mucha, Mukha |

## Etymology

From Slovene Muha, Serbo-Croatian muha, Belarusian муха (muxa), Ukrainian муха (muxa), Czech moucha, Slovak mucha, or Polish mucha, all from Proto-Slavic *muxa (“fly”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Muha 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Similar surnames

Moua, Mu, May, Mayo, Ma, Moya, Mai, Moe, Maya, Mayhew, Moy, Mei.

## 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.