van Muller Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van Muller Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

van Muller 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
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: van Müller (1) are calculated separately.

van Muller Last Name Facts

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

van Muller is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: van Müller. For other potential spellings of van Muller click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Muller? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of van Muller live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Luso-South America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Paraná, where 50 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 50 percent are found. Excluding Brazil van Muller occurs in one country. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 20 percent are found.

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
van Müller971/
von Muller90166/
van Mulier9033/
van Mule890/
van Molle84421/
von Muler845/
von Müller8059/
von Mulert8018/
von Muhler8015/
von Mulher8010/
von Moller806/
von Moeller7641/
von Miler741/
van Molie740/
von Milher702/
von Mülher701/
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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 van Muller
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