Mühle Surname

169,756th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Mühle Surname User-submission:

This is a German surname, meaning 'mill', denoting someone who dwelled by a mill.

Mühle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,2451:35,8604,742
Switzerland2261:36,3405,264
Estonia191:69,56912,771
Austria181:473,08046,251
Czechia121:886,12273,425
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:1,195,68367,545

The alternate forms: Muhle (1,547) are calculated separately.

Mühle Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'mill', denoting someone who dwelled by a mill.

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Mühle Last Name Facts

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

Mühle is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Muhle. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mühle.

How Common Is The Last Name Mühle? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 169,756th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 2,867,983 people. The last name Mühle occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mühle live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 98 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Mühle is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 2,245 people, or 1 in 35,860. In Germany it is most common in: Saxony, where 41 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 7 percent live. Excluding Germany it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 9 percent live and Estonia, where 1 percent live.

Mühle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mühle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Mühle surname decreased 98 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muhle931,547/
Mühler91349/
Müle891/
Mühleis83469/
Mühleiß8331/
Mühleip8323/
Mhule801,825/
Mhile80508/
Mhole80373/
Mihle80122/
Mülle8096/
Mühlherr7790/
Mühleová774/
Mahule734,703/
Mhaule732,286/
Miehle731,285/
Moehle731,086/
Mohule73744/
Muehle73148/
Muhley7329/
Mühlhä7323/
Muthle7316/
Mhulle734/
Müllei731/
Mauhle731/
Meuhle731/
Mule67125,749/
Mole6728,447/
Mile6710,990/
Mühlich67755/
Muthler67240/
Mahaule67154/
Mülherr6754/
Mahuley6716/
Műhl6710/
Muhleis672/
Muthled671/
Meuhler671/
Mahulie671/
M'Houle671/
Mülh671/
Mouhley670/
Muehley670/
Muhlher670/

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