Mühle Surname
Approximately 2,541 people bear this surname
Mühle Surname User-submission:
This is a German surname, meaning 'mill', denoting someone who dwelled by a mill.
Mühle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,245 | 1:35,860 | 4,742 |
| Switzerland | 226 | 1:36,340 | 5,264 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Austria | 18 | 1:473,080 | 46,251 |
| Czechia | 12 | 1:886,122 | 73,425 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
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.
- deleted-173293Mühle 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhle | 93 | 1,547 | / |
| Mühler | 91 | 349 | / |
| Müle | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mühleis | 83 | 469 | / |
| Mühleiß | 83 | 31 | / |
| Mühleip | 83 | 23 | / |
| Mhule | 80 | 1,825 | / |
| Mhile | 80 | 508 | / |
| Mhole | 80 | 373 | / |
| Mihle | 80 | 122 | / |
| Mülle | 80 | 96 | / |
| Mühlherr | 77 | 90 | / |
| Mühleová | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mahule | 73 | 4,703 | / |
| Mhaule | 73 | 2,286 | / |
| Miehle | 73 | 1,285 | / |
| Moehle | 73 | 1,086 | / |
| Mohule | 73 | 744 | / |
| Muehle | 73 | 148 | / |
| Muhley | 73 | 29 | / |
| Mühlhä | 73 | 23 | / |
| Muthle | 73 | 16 | / |
| Mhulle | 73 | 4 | / |
| Müllei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mauhle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Meuhle | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mule | 67 | 125,749 | / |
| Mole | 67 | 28,447 | / |
| Mile | 67 | 10,990 | / |
| Mühlich | 67 | 755 | / |
| Muthler | 67 | 240 | / |
| Mahaule | 67 | 154 | / |
| Mülherr | 67 | 54 | / |
| Mahuley | 67 | 16 | / |
| Műhl | 67 | 10 | / |
| Muhleis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Muthled | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meuhler | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahulie | 67 | 1 | / |
| M'Houle | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mülh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouhley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Muehley | 67 | 0 | / |
| Muhlher | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
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