Muß Surname

447,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 762 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Muß Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muß Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7031:114,51714,106
Austria581:146,81819,663
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Muß Last Name Facts

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

The surname Muß is found most frequently in Germany. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Muß? popularity and diffusion

Muß is the 447,229th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 9,563,709 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Muß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Germany, where it is borne by 703 people, or 1 in 114,517. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent are found, Berlin, where 27 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent are found. Besides Germany this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 8 percent are found and Switzerland, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mauß86613/
Muuß8693/
Meuß866/
Muhß864/
Mus6713,845/
Muz671,971/
Muş671,665/
Muç67107/
Muś678/
Muš673/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Muß
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