The Mueller surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 64,191 people carried this name — #523 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 4,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (64,305).
What the name means
The meaning of the Mueller surname
From German Müller (“miller”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mueller» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Poland’s population register
733 people named Mueller have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 926 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
88 people named Mueller live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 75 people named Mueller.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 65 people named Mueller 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 Corrientes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
90 people named Mueller is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Mueller,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ferdinand von Mueller 1825–1896 · naturalist -
Gerhard Mueller 1835–1918 · engineer -
Herman Carl Mueller 1854–1941 · ceramicist -
Ulrich F. Mueller 1872– · clergyman -
Otto Mueller 1874–1930 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 219 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mueller.
- Mrozek 1,415 · U.S. census
- Mucci 2,208 · U.S. census
- Mucha 2,563 · U.S. census
- Muck 1,808 · U.S. census
- Muckensturm 135 · U.S. census
- Mudry 444 · U.S. census
- Muggeo 131 · U.S. census
- Mugica 363 · U.S. census
- Mugler 242 · U.S. census
- Muh 134 · U.S. census
- Muhammad 19,076 · U.S. census
- Muhl 549 · U.S. census
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