Müller Surname
Approximately 1,077,430 people bear this surname
Müller Surname User-submission:
Müller is the most common surname in Germany as well as Switzerland. It is a German language surname that means 'miller'. It is anglicized as Muller, removing the umlauting symbols from the u. A total of more than 1.1M people worldwide are surnamed like that.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 945,404 | 1:85 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 72,878 | 1:113 | 1 |
| Austria | 29,465 | 1:289 | 5 |
| Hungary | 6,846 | 1:1,434 | 161 |
| Czechia | 5,771 | 1:1,843 | 98 |
| South Africa | 4,849 | 1:11,173 | 1,387 |
| Poland | 2,360 | 1:16,105 | 2,364 |
| Denmark | 2,196 | 1:2,570 | 200 |
| Sweden | 1,301 | 1:7,569 | 699 |
| Brazil | 1,034 | 1:207,035 | 7,975 |
| Belgium | 753 | 1:15,268 | 2,328 |
| Slovakia | 718 | 1:7,432 | 739 |
| Norway | 692 | 1:7,431 | 769 |
| Netherlands | 405 | 1:41,697 | 7,072 |
| Slovenia | 379 | 1:6,564 | 1,432 |
| Peru | 254 | 1:125,134 | 7,226 |
| Italy | 226 | 1:270,605 | 35,408 |
| France | 163 | 1:407,501 | 59,752 |
| Estonia | 161 | 1:8,210 | 1,081 |
| Faroe Islands | 155 | 1:316 | 51 |
| Liechtenstein | 132 | 1:291 | 51 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Portugal | 113 | 1:92,197 | 4,545 |
| Argentina | 107 | 1:399,471 | 30,635 |
| Finland | 100 | 1:54,967 | 6,516 |
| Romania | 86 | 1:233,464 | 22,424 |
| Spain | 82 | 1:570,147 | 27,179 |
| Luxembourg | 77 | 1:7,540 | 1,164 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Canada | 38 | 1:969,621 | 73,252 |
| Mexico | 34 | 1:3,650,771 | 25,133 |
| Singapore | 34 | 1:161,991 | 6,884 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Greenland | 21 | 1:2,685 | 297 |
| Kosovo | 17 | 1:109,522 | 5,683 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Colombia | 13 | 1:3,674,929 | 15,922 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Croatia | 9 | 1:469,845 | 36,710 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Paraguay | 4 | 1:1,809,186 | 12,346 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Brunei | 2 | 1:209,366 | 3,098 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Muller (289,529), Műller (118), Mûller (16), Múller (12), Mūller (3), Můller (2), Mũller (1) & Mùller (1) are calculated separately.
Müller (422) may also be a first name.
Müller Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Müller is the most common surname in Germany as well as Switzerland. It is a German language surname that means 'miller'. It is anglicized as Muller, removing the umlauting symbols from the u. A total of more than 1.1M people worldwide are surnamed like that.
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Average Müller Salary in
Norway
380,567 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Müller Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Müller Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Müller is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Muller, Műller, Mûller, Múller, Mūller, Můller, Mũller or Mùller. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Müller? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 492nd most numerous surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 6,764 people. Müller occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Müller reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Müller is also the 418,267th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 422 people.
It is the most widely held surname in 2 countries: Germany, where 88 percent live and Switzerland, where 7 percent live. The surname is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 945,404 people, or 1 in 85. In Germany Müller is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 14 percent live and Bavaria, where 14 percent live. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 108 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 7 percent live and Austria, where 3 percent live.
Müller Last Name Statistics demography
Müller earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 9.97% more than the national average, earning 380,567 kr per year.
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