The Moeller surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,915 people carried this name — #2,588 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 13,094 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Moeller surname

As a surname in the United Kingdom

Harrison classes it as a Scandinavian name: ‘Miller’.

From Henry Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary, vol. II (London: The Morland Press, 1918), p. 325 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 46 people named Moeller.

12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 12
Paris 12
Bas-Rhin 11
Pas-de-Calais 2
Moselle 2
Nord 1
Hautes-Pyrénées 1
Haut-Rhin 1
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

42 people named Moeller have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 69 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Pomeranian 28
West Pomeranian 9
Masovian 5

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

20 people named Moeller live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 8
Geneva 7
Bern 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Moeller in American newspapers,
1900–1920.

Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo And Tourist'S Register carrying the name Moeller
The White Mountain Echo And Tourist'S Register 1900-09-22
Newspaper page from The River Press carrying the name Moeller
The River Press 1913-04-23
Newspaper page from Okolona Messenger carrying the name Moeller
Okolona Messenger 1920-08-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 58,174 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Moeller in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

1,610 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moeller. The most, 509, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 603
New South Wales 362
Queensland 273
Victoria 262
Tasmania 41
Western Australia 37
ACT (Canberra) 18
Northern Territory 11

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Moeller.

Who carried it

People named Moeller,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Moeller
    Charles Moeller 1838–1922 · historian
  • Henry K. Moeller
    Henry K. Moeller 1849–1925 · Catholic priest
  • Carl Moeller
    Carl Moeller 1867–1920 · parson
  • Hedda Eulenberg
    Hedda Eulenberg 1876–1960 · writer
  • Arthur Moeller van den Bruck
    Arthur Moeller van den Bruck 1876–1925 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped — Carl Moeller: HieRo GlyPhe, CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0); Hedda Eulenberg: Eulenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); Arthur Moeller van den Bruck: Bennorey, CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); the others are in the public domain or CC0 · 112 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Moeller,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States5,166 records

5,166 records of the Moeller name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3,524
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 781
  • Other U.S. records 861
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Vincent Gerald St Moeller

    Born 1945; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Philip K. Moeller

    Born 1911 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; watchman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wilhelmine Moeller

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Oldenburg from Bremen, aged 36; farmer. From Schweina, Germany; bound for Milwaukee.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 5,166 records for Moeller in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Germany161 records

161 records of the Moeller name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 159
  • German emigration and citizenship files 1
  • German estate files 1
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ferdinand Moeller

    Born 1886; from Lübeck. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 3 December 1918 (Infantry Regiment No. 159).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Johann Joachim Christian Moeller

    Emigrated to Hamburg in 1863.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (CC0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Kilian Moeller

    Estate settled in 1815; lawyer.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 161 records for Moeller in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Australia131 records

131 records of the Moeller name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 111
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 11
  • Other Australian records 9
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Johannah Moeller

    Arrived in Victoria in 1861 aboard the Shawmut, aged 4; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leonard J. Moeller

    Retired rlys employee of Cheltenham, Victoria; died 1968.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Carl Friederick Moeller

    Of Sydney, New South Wales; died 1937.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 131 records for Moeller in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands29 records

29 records of the Moeller name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 10
  • Dutch population registers 8
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johann Henrich Ligges Moeller

    Married in 1875 in Aduard; labourer. Died 1878 in Aduard, aged 64; shopkeeper.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johann Christian Moeller

    Married in 1825 in Amsterdam; seaman.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Caroline Moeller

    Died 1931 in Arnhem, aged 74.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Moeller in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France19 records

19 records of the Moeller name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Rodolphe Moeller

    Born 1922 in Czechoslovakia; died 1995 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Yvonne Solange Marguerite Moeller

    Born 1901 in Paris; died 1992 in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Madeleine Berthe Moeller

    Born 1915 in Paris; died 1996 in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 19 records for Moeller in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Moeller name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frederick Moeller

    Buried in 1981 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 84.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Herbert Moeller

    Died 1933; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Cora Beatrice Moeller

    Died 1923 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Moeller in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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