Mu Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History

Mu Surname

527^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 1,028,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

China

Highest density in:

Honduras

Mu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mu Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
China	940,468	1:1,454	140
Honduras	24,365	1:362	81
India	22,516	1:34,068	2,469
Myanmar	10,162	1:5,111	207
Nigeria	4,334	1:40,873	3,251
Taiwan	3,910	1:5,996	135
Thailand	3,443	1:20,517	1,728
Vietnam	1,861	1:49,783	555
United States	1,812	1:200,033	19,680
Nepal	1,795	1:15,867	839
Malaysia	1,691	1:17,442	1,689
Singapore	1,412	1:3,901	289
Cambodia	1,115	1:13,890	1,103
Pakistan	985	1:181,364	4,588
Hong Kong	815	1:9,001	302
Egypt	732	1:125,595	10,096
Bangladesh	721	1:221,022	7,250
Indonesia	689	1:191,944	18,319
United Arab Emirates	636	1:14,406	1,768
Iran	589	1:130,361	11,921
Australia	585	1:46,146	5,771
Kenya	442	1:104,479	9,052
Canada	412	1:89,431	9,845
Sri Lanka	365	1:57,010	6,293
Papua New Guinea	255	1:31,975	3,701
Saudi Arabia	239	1:129,104	17,726
Macau	234	1:2,571	249
Italy	227	1:269,413	35,304
Qatar	225	1:10,480	1,162
French Polynesia	215	1:1,306	195
France	188	1:353,312	52,982
England	168	1:331,655	24,447
Mexico	132	1:940,350	12,696
Spain	127	1:368,126	20,695
Japan	112	1:1,141,467	21,422
Brazil	98	1:2,184,432	68,273
Kuwait	96	1:39,591	4,718
New Zealand	86	1:52,655	8,408
Bahrain	73	1:18,474	3,432
Sweden	50	1:196,935	13,646
Ethiopia	49	1:1,990,740	8,024
Netherlands	47	1:359,302	39,900
Germany	43	1:1,872,220	105,027
Dominican Republic	39	1:267,511	9,432
Iraq	37	1:946,531	12,381
Cameroon	19	1:1,093,109	67,608
Colombia	17	1:2,810,240	14,126
Ukraine	17	1:2,677,806	165,194
South Africa	16	1:3,386,106	119,139
Mauritius	15	1:86,228	7,923
Ireland	14	1:336,353	12,021
Peru	14	1:2,270,294	26,427
South Korea	13	1:3,941,558	724
Costa Rica	11	1:434,552	3,937
Philippines	10	1:10,123,822	213,993
Finland	9	1:610,745	34,002
Morocco	9	1:3,830,678	54,497
Rwanda	9	1:1,262,775	2,632
Sudan	9	1:4,167,799	5,799
Estonia	8	1:165,226	26,217
Israel	8	1:1,069,704	62,476
Norway	8	1:642,786	47,258
Tanzania	8	1:6,617,702	68,742
Chile	7	1:2,516,639	33,195
Denmark	7	1:806,388	43,211
Switzerland	7	1:1,173,274	69,697
Syria	7	1:2,757,289	11,022
Afghanistan	6	1:5,358,864	25,178
Jordan	6	1:1,473,740	19,539
Poland	6	1:6,334,792	156,558
Zambia	6	1:2,641,654	34,188
Argentina	5	1:8,548,683	204,003
Lithuania	5	1:606,918	21,375
Scotland	5	1:1,070,763	31,189
Uganda	5	1:7,807,856	134,263
Botswana	4	1:546,732	22,624
DR Congo	4	1:18,469,892	182,906
Mozambique	4	1:6,815,392	4,272
Oman	4	1:921,993	7,313
Uzbekistan	4	1:7,732,286	43,643
Belgium	3	1:3,832,215	117,288
Namibia	3	1:803,134	15,170
Romania	3	1:6,692,623	78,504
Wales	3	1:1,031,511	34,732
Austria	2	1:4,257,718	99,224
Croatia	2	1:2,114,302	85,143
Ecuador	2	1:7,952,923	34,269
El Salvador	2	1:3,171,944	6,376
Greece	2	1:5,539,895	129,142
Lebanon	2	1:2,818,542	25,087
Liberia	2	1:2,204,268	40,131
Russia	2	1:72,061,528	727,117
Turkey	2	1:38,910,711	171,901
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Venezuela	2	1:15,102,038	69,873
Northern Ireland	1	1:1,845,036	20,648
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Armenia	1	1:2,930,180	22,770
Bolivia	1	1:10,616,434	17,077
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	1:3,536,402	19,532
Brunei	1	1:418,731	3,893
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Cape Verde	1	1:529,642	6,792
East Timor	1	1:1,215,928	507
Fiji	1	1:894,391	4,568
Ghana	1	1:27,020,692	23,742
Guam	1	1:160,121	4,893
Iceland	1	1:380,090	11,096
Jamaica	1	1:2,869,947	13,896
Laos	1	1:6,588,323	1,961
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Libya	1	1:6,243,974	6,186
Luxembourg	1	1:580,542	15,155
Malawi	1	1:17,119,109	34,144
Mongolia	1	1:2,825,289	17,010
Niger	1	1:19,192,017	110,060
Portugal	1	1:10,418,241	25,048
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Slovenia	1	1:2,487,675	31,128
Solomon Islands	1	1:580,029	22,243
Somalia	1	1:13,452,061	9,224
Togo	1	1:7,247,768	12,049
Tonga	1	1:107,313	791
Vanuatu	1	1:263,276	2,086
Yemen	1	1:26,425,294	55,147
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	21	1:2,391,366	115,093

The alternate forms: Mü (10), Mú (3) & Mù (3) are calculated separately.

Mu (528,335) may also be a first name.

Mu Demographics

Mu Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 324 (2014)

United States
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Mu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Mu (Hindi: मु, Marathi: मु, Oriya: ମୁ) is held by more people in China than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Mü, Mú or Mù. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Mu is the 527^th most frequently used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,082 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Mu live; 92 percent live in East Asia and 92 percent live in Sino-East Asia. It is also the 1,904^th most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 528,335 people.

Mu is most frequently occurring in China, where it is held by 940,468 people, or 1 in 1,454. Barring China this surname occurs in 125 countries. It is also found in Honduras, where 2 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Mu Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Mu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 8,629 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Mu Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (44%) in Russia, Muslim (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Mu surname are 0.13999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.09% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 56.47% less than the national average, earning €13,072 per year; in Norway they earn 33.83% less than the national average, earning 228,988 kr per year; in Peru they earn 44.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 28,102 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.58% less than the national average, earning R 53,268 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.29% more than the national average, earning $26,174,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 25.35% more than the national average, earning $54,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.85% less than the national average, earning $48,763 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Mü	83	10	/
Mú	83	3	/
Mù	83	3	/
Mou	80	1,415,785	/
Mut	80	86,253	/
Mau	80	66,892	/
Mui	80	19,409	/
Mus	80	13,845	/
Muy	80	11,358	/
Muh	80	6,932	/
Mud	80	4,314	/
Mux	80	2,095	/
Muj	80	2,081	/
Muz	80	1,971	/
Meu	80	838	/
Mup	80	370	/
Muu	80	331	/
Mgu	80	201	/
Muç	80	107	/
Muğ	80	99	/
Mhu	80	83	/
Muț	80	46	/
Muľ	80	29	/
Mmu	80	23	/
Hmu	80	11	/
Muś	80	8	/
Muš	80	3	/
Mậu	80	1	/
Muÿ	80	1	/
Muá	80	1	/
Muis	67	21,837	/
Maus	67	17,081	/
Maut	67	12,788	/
Mudd	67	11,872	/
Mahu	67	10,109	/
Meus	67	9,215	/
Muid	67	9,142	/
Mout	67	9,138	/
Much	67	8,134	/
Muiz	67	6,159	/
Mous	67	5,339	/
Moud	67	5,113	/
Must	67	4,412	/
Meuz	67	4,259	/
Maud	67	2,974	/
Mouh	67	2,824	/
Muss	67	2,161	/
Muit	67	2,085	/
Mauz	67	1,899	/
Muys	67	1,687	/
Mouy	67	1,011	/
Mauß	67	613	/
Mu'a	67	610	/
Mutt	67	579	/
Mouj	67	567	/
Mohu	67	556	/
Mush	67	515	/
Maux	67	507	/
Moux	67	438	/
Muić	67	345	/
Mult	67	306	/
Mouz	67	288	/
Mujj	67	214	/
Mauh	67	196	/
Mhou	67	168	/
Muij	67	161	/
Muih	67	151	/
'Mou	67	148	/
Mgau	67	134	/
Maup	67	116	/
Muip	67	115	/
Meuś	67	99	/
Muuß	67	93	/
Mmui	67	90	/
Muhd	67	81	/
Muhy	67	79	/
Mauu	67	79	/
Mușa	67	49	/
Mhud	67	43	/
Mudh	67	41	/
Meut	67	35	/
Mhau	67	34	/
Muzz	67	34	/
Muës	67	26	/
Meud	67	23	/
Mmau	67	21	/
Moup	67	21	/
Mupp	67	19	/
Mmou	67	17	/
Hmud	67	15	/
Muyt	67	14	/
Mgou	67	13	/
Mguh	67	9	/
Mouë	67	8	/
Mudt	67	7	/
Muui	67	7	/
Muiy	67	6	/
Muph	67	6	/
Mguu	67	6	/
Meuß	67	6	/
Musd	67	5	/
'Mui	67	5	/
Mhut	67	5	/
Mujh	67	4	/
Meue	67	4	/
Muhß	67	4	/
Mu'e	67	4	/
Hmmu	67	4	/
Mmux	67	4	/
Hmut	67	4	/
Hmuh	67	3	/
Mhui	67	3	/
Mudp	67	3	/
Musp	67	3	/
Muuh	67	3	/
Mguj	67	2	/
Mheu	67	2	/
Hmau	67	2	/
Hmou	67	2	/
Mmuj	67	2	/
Mhuh	67	2	/
Mmud	67	1	/
M'Ou	67	1	/
Mauś	67	1	/
Hmuj	67	1	/
Mujp	67	1	/
Mușe	67	1	/
Muís	67	1	/
Musì	67	1	/
Mutd	67	1	/
Mujs	67	1	/
Muyd	67	1	/
Muyj	67	1	/
Muuy	67	1	/
Mmhu	67	1	/
Mhuu	67	1	/
Hmeu	67	1	/
Hmuz	67	1	/
Mhus	67	0	/

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Mu Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Mu in the Hindi language
मु	mu	97.36
मू	mu	0.31
मु़	mu	0.11
मो	mo	0.06
मु्	mu	0.04
मु॰	mu	0.01
म्ु	mu	0
मु़्	mu	0
मू॰	mu	0
मु््	mu	0
मू़	mu	0
्मु	mu	0
़मु	mu	0
कु	ku	0
मु़़	mu	0
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Mu in the Oriya language
ମୁ	mu	88.89
ମୂ	mu	11.11
Mu in the Marathi language
मु	mu	80.85
मू	mu	18.04

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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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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 Mu
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Mu Surname Distribution Map

Mu Demographics

Mu Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Mu? popularity and diffusion

Mu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

Mu Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Mu Name Transliterations

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Footnotes

Where Does The Last Name Mu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Mu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Mu Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

Mu Last Name Statistics ^demography