The Mulder surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,317 people carried this name — #4,822 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,809 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Mulder surname
A surname, Mulder, originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Miller.
From mulder (“miller”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Mulder» (Dutch), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 148 people named Mulder live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 120 people named Mulder 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 Misiones.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Mulder.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
64 people named Mulder 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
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 the Nordic population registers
120 people named Mulder 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).
In print
Mulder in American newspapers,
1758–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,450 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Mulder,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Mulder 1704–1776 · Christian minister -
Catharina Mulder 1723–1798 · businessperson -
Johannes Mulder 1769–1810 · physician -
Gerardus Johannes Mulder 1802–1880 · physician -
Aeschinus Saagmans Mulder 1804–1841 · draftsperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 236 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Mulder.
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