How common is the surname Mule?

1,431 people in the United States had the surname Mule in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. It ranked 19,027th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mule?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mule identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Mule getting more or less common?

More common. 1,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,431 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Mule

An Italian occupational surname, carried by 1,431 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mule is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Various origins: * A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals. * Borrowed from Italian Mulè. * Borrowed from French Mule.

Mule 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 1,431 people named Mule in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,366.

#19,027

rank among US surnames

1,431

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,607)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,019	Whitty	1,432	215,604
#19,027	Euceda	1,431	215,755

Who is named Mule

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

90% of people named Mule identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mule

Mule 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 Mule come from?: Various origins: * A nickname for a stubborn person, from Middle English mule (“mule”) or, alternatively, an occupational surname for a driver of pack animals. * Borrowed from Italian Mulè. * Borrowed from French Mule.
How common is the surname Mule?: 1,431 people in the United States had the surname Mule in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 215,755 Americans. It ranked 19,027th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mule?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Mule identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
What type of surname is Mule?: Mule is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Mule getting more or less common?: More common. 1,366 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,431 in 2010, up 4.8%.