Mütze Surname

237,170th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,693 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Mütze Surname User-submission:

The surname Meetze or Mütze means 'cap', 'hat', or 'hat maker'.

Mütze Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,6721:48,1496,300
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Mutze (328) are calculated separately.

Mütze Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Meetze or Mütze means 'cap', 'hat', or 'hat maker'.

- bmeetze
DNA test information

Mütze Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mütze is most common in Germany. It may also be found as: Mutze. Click here for other potential spellings of Mütze.

How Common Is The Last Name Mütze? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 237,170th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,304,516 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Mütze live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Mütze is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,672 people, or 1 in 48,149. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Saxony, where 36 percent live, Hesse, where 27 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 1 percent live and Austria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mutze93328/
Mützer918/
Müze892/
Mitze80769/
Motze8021/
Muetze7392/
Mietze7340/
Mutzer7330/
Mitzie7321/
Mutzie734/
Mitzey733/
Motzey731/
Motzie731/
Mitzee731/
Motzea730/
Mottze730/
Mize6718,850/
Muze677,979/
Mūze671/
Mautzer670/
Meutzer670/
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mütze
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