Müllers Surname

170,788th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Müllers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Müllers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,4781:32,4884,288
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Mullers (271) are calculated separately.

Müllers Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Müllers Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Müllers occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered as: Mullers. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Müllers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 170,788th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,888,445 people. The surname Müllers is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Müllers reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Müllers is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 2,478 people, or 1 in 32,488. In Germany Müllers is primarily found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 75 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent live and Bavaria, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mullers95271/
Mllers9222/
Möllers864,946/
Millers861,877/
Mollers86420/
Mellers86330/
Myllers8621/
Møllers861/
Moellers80400/
Muellers80121/
Mellersh80115/
Milliers803/
Mellaers802/
Myollers801/
Maellers801/
Millersh800/
Mylers7728/
Mulers7721/
Molers7710/
Mellersch751/
Mellors713,104/
Mellars71373/
Meelers7120/
Millars714/
Moliers712/
Maulers712/
Mullirs712/
Molhers711/
Meulers711/
Meilers711/
Muliers711/
Muslers711/
Mutlers711/
Millerx711/
Millors711/
Metlers710/
Mullerch671/
Melehers671/
Mellorss670/
Melliors670/
Millarsch632/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Müllers
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