# Muller (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/muller/  
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 German [in turn originating as an occupation].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,216 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,293 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,344 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.8% (26,744 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mueller |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Müller (“miller”). Doublet of Miller.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Muller 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Muller in Austria, Brazil, the United States, Germany, Australia and the Austrian Empire.

## People named Muller

- Hermann Joseph Muller, American biologist (1890–1967)
- Müller, Brazilian association football player
- Luís Müller, Brazilian association football player
- Derek Muller, Australian-born Canadian science communicator
- Frank Muller, American astronomer (1862-1917)
- Richard A. Muller, American physicist
- Jonas Müller, Austrian luger
- Friedrich Müller, Austrian philologist and ethnologist (1834-1898)
- Leopold Carl Müller, Austrian artist (1834-1892)
- Andreas Müller, bicycle racer
- Harold Muller, American sportsman (1901–1962)
- Heinrich Müller, Austrian association football player and coach (b. 1909)

and 29 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Miller, Mueller, Moller, Mallery, Moler, Myler, Mulroy, Meller, Miler, Mulero, Mallory, Moeller.

## 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.