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    The surname Muller

    A German occupational surname, carried by 27,216 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M460

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muller is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

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

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

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 27,216 people named Muller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,344 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,744.

    #1,293
    rank among US surnames
    27,216
    people in 2010
    9.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #1,198)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,284McKenna27,29311,312
    #1,285Head27,29211,313
    #1,286Montano27,27611,319
    #1,287Paredes27,27411,320
    #1,288Delatorre27,26511,324
    #1,289Langley27,25211,329
    #1,290Sinclair27,24311,333

    Who is named Muller

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

    88% of people named Muller identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Mullers

    41 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Hermann Joseph Muller
      American biologist (1890–1967)
    • Müller
      Brazilian association football player, born 1966
    • Luís Müller
      Brazilian association football player, born 1961
    • Derek Muller
      Australian-born Canadian science communicator, born 1982
    • Frank Muller
      American astronomer (1862-1917)
    • Richard A. Muller
      American physicist, born 1944
    • Jonas Müller
      Austrian luger, born 1997
    • Friedrich Müller
      Austrian philologist and ethnologist (1834-1898)
    • Leopold Carl Müller
      Austrian artist (1834-1892)
    • Andreas Müller
      Bicycle racer, born 1979
    • Harold Muller
      American sportsman (1901–1962)
    • Heinrich Müller
      Austrian association football player and coach (b. 1909)

    Notable Mullers come mostly from Austria (15), Brazil (7) and the United States (6).

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Muller

    Muller has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Muller come from?
    Borrowed from German Müller (“miller”). Doublet of Miller.
    How common is the surname Muller?
    27,216 people in the United States had the surname Muller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,344 Americans. It ranked 1,293rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muller?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Muller identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Muller?
    Hermann Joseph Muller, American biologist (1890–1967), followed by Müller.
    Where is the surname Muller most common?
    Wikidata records people named Muller in Austria, Brazil and the United States and 3 other countries.
    What type of surname is Muller?
    Muller is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Muller getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,744 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,216 in 2010, up 1.8%.
    What are other spellings of Muller?
    Mueller.