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The Muller surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 26,744 people carried this name — #1,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 10,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

53,567 people named Muller live in Switzerland.

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

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Where they live today

Zurich 10,923
Aargau 7,453
Bern 6,459
Lucerne 4,808
St. Gallen 3,834
Thurgau 2,678
Solothurn 2,299
Basel-Landschaft 2,280

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 26,842 people named Muller.

1,711 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 102 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 1,711
Moselle 5,946
Bas-Rhin 5,769
Haut-Rhin 3,945
Paris 1,978
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1,190
Vosges 486
Doubs 323
Yvelines 314

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 2,389 people named Muller 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 Liège.

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Where they live today

Liège 1,005
Luxembourg Province 425
Antwerp 268
Brussels-Capital 251
East Flanders 102
Hainaut 94
Limburg 89
Namur 48

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

2,247 people named Muller have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 4,313 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

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Where they live today

Silesian 391
Lower Silesian 292
Pomeranian 291
Greater Poland 276
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 224
Opole 125
Masovian 122
Lesser Poland 120

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

In print

Muller in American newspapers,
1887–1914.

Newspaper page from The Helena Independent carrying the name Muller
The Helena Independent 1891-03-15
Newspaper page from The Morning Astorian carrying the name Muller
The Morning Astorian 1903-12-30
Newspaper page from VorwäRts carrying the name Muller
VorwäRts 1911-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,147,464 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Muller,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jacques Léonard Muller
    Jacques Léonard Muller 1749–1824 · military personnel
  • Stoffel Muller
    Stoffel Muller 1771–1833 · cult leader
  • Samuel Muller
    Samuel Muller 1785–1875 · theologian
  • Michel Nicolas Muller
    Michel Nicolas Muller 1793–1876 · religious role
  • Frederik Muller
    Frederik Muller 1817–1881 · art historian

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 204 lives in all are documented under this name.

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