How common is the surname Mulder?

7,317 people in the United States had the surname Mulder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,196 Americans. It ranked 4,822nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mulder?

Charles Mulder, bobsledder, followed by Saskia Mulder.

Where is the surname Mulder most common?

Wikidata records people named Mulder in Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States.

How do you pronounce Mulder?

Mulder is /ˈmʌl.də(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mulder getting more or less common?

More common. 6,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,317 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Mulder

A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 7,317 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌl.də(ɹ)/ 2 syllables Soundex M436

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mulder is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Mulder.

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

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,317 people named Mulder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,196 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,809.

#4,822

rank among US surnames

7,317

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,760)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,813	Irish	7,336	42,086
#4,814	Wickham	7,335	42,092
#4,815	Reiss	7,334	42,098
#4,816	Germain	7,332	42,109
#4,817	Thornhill	7,327	42,138
#4,818	Pippin	7,326	42,144
#4,819	Bristow	7,323	42,161

Who is named Mulder

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

93% of people named Mulder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mulders

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Mulder
Bobsledder, 1897–1953
Saskia Mulder
Actress, born 1973
Mark Mulder
American baseball player, born 1977

Notable Mulders come mostly from Belgium (1), Kingdom of the Netherlands (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mulder

Mulder has the Soundex code M436, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M436.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Mulder come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Mulder.
How common is the surname Mulder?: 7,317 people in the United States had the surname Mulder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,196 Americans. It ranked 4,822nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mulder?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Mulder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mulder?: Charles Mulder, bobsledder, followed by Saskia Mulder.
Where is the surname Mulder most common?: Wikidata records people named Mulder in Belgium, Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States.
How do you pronounce Mulder?: Mulder is /ˈmʌl.də(ɹ)/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Mulder?: Mulder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mulder getting more or less common?: More common. 6,809 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,317 in 2010, up 7.5%.