The Moller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,209 people carried this name — #7,863 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,064 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Moller surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
A German Low German [Term?] form of Müller (“miller”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Möller» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
614 people named Moller live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 348 people named Moller live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 206 people named Moller.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Morbihan.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
80 people named Moller have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 282 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
10,381 people named Moller are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Moller in American newspapers,
1888–1944.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 311,068 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Moller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Albin Moller 1541–1618 · astronomer -
Martin Moller 1547–1606 · writer -
Barthold Moller (vom Baum) 1605–1667 · jurist -
Daniel Wilhelm Moller 1642–1712 · writer -
Johannes Moller 1661–1725 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 102 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Moller.
- Molitor 3,712 · U.S. census
- Moll 7,131 · U.S. census
- Molla 768 · U.S. census
- Molland 117 · U.S. census
- Mollard 274 · U.S. census
- Molle 673 · U.S. census
- Molles 163 · U.S. census
- Mollet 820 · U.S. census
- Mollica 1,900 · U.S. census
- Mollicone 250 · U.S. census
- Mollin 151 · U.S. census
- Mollo 775 · U.S. census
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