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The Muhl surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 549 people carried this name — #39,960 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 528 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Muhl surname

A male surname from German.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mühl» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 191 people named Muhl.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 124
Moselle 11
Haut-Rhin 9
Calvados 8
Meurthe-et-Moselle 8
Paris 6
Vosges 3
Yvelines 2

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

147 people named Muhl live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 57
Schaffhausen 38
Thurgau 10
Valais 8
Aargau 8
Glarus 7
Bern 7
Solothurn 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.

Who carried it

People named Muhl,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Friedrich Muhl
    Friedrich Muhl 1732–1797 · merchant
  • Theodor Muhl
    Theodor Muhl 1866–1929 · Landrat
  • Adam Gustaf Muhl 1653–1714 · military personnel
  • Abraham Muhl 1686–1757
  • Jacob Muhl 1715–1787
  • Anna Dorotea Muhl 1728–1778

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Muhl.

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