How common is the surname Mula?

520 people in the United States had the surname Mula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mula?

In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Mula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Mula?

Inva Mula, Albanian opera singer.

Where is the surname Mula most common?

Wikidata records people named Mula in Albania.

Is the surname Mula getting more or less common?

Less common. 549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, down 5.3%.

The surname Mula

An Italian occupational surname, carried by 520 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mula is more common than 74.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Various possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Mulà, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a muleteer. * Borrowed from Spanish Mula, a habitational surname from a city in the province of Murcia.

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

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 520 people named Mula in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. That is down 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 549.

#41,799

rank among US surnames

520

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-5.3%

change since 2000 (was #37,986)

Who is named Mula

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

78% of people named Mula identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Asian and Pacific Islander 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Inva Mula
Albanian opera singer, born 1963

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mula

Mula has the Soundex code M400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M400.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mula come from?: Various possible origins: * Borrowed from Italian Mulà, perhaps a metonymic occupational surname for a muleteer. * Borrowed from Spanish Mula, a habitational surname from a city in the province of Murcia.
How common is the surname Mula?: 520 people in the United States had the surname Mula in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 593,741 Americans. It ranked 41,799th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mula?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Mula identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Mula?: Inva Mula, Albanian opera singer.
Where is the surname Mula most common?: Wikidata records people named Mula in Albania.
What type of surname is Mula?: Mula is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mula getting more or less common?: Less common. 549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 520 in 2010, down 5.3%.