Muhlegg Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Muhlegg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muhlegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium291:396,43641,978
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

The alternate forms: Mühlegg (149) are calculated separately.

Muhlegg Last Name Facts

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

The last name Muhlegg is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Mühlegg. For other possible spellings of Muhlegg click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muhlegg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Muhlegg is the 2,876,555th most prevalent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Muhlegg reside; 63 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Muhlegg is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 396,436. In Belgium Muhlegg is primarily found in: Brussels Capital Region, where 97 percent are found and Flemish Region, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mühlegg95149/
Muehlegg933/
Muhleg920/
Mullegg861/
Mulhegg861/
Muleg8313/
Muhlig77518/
Mouleg776/
Milegg771/
Mulegh771/
Muleig770/
Mulleg770/
Muhlek770/
Muehlig7174/
Muhleck7173/
Müllegg711/
Mullegh710/
Mulig67960/
Mulec67857/
Mulek67236/
Muehleck67119/
Muhlecke6731/
Moleg6728/
Mileg6717/
Mulex6710/
Muleq672/
Moulegue671/

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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 Muhlegg
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