Maller

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Maller is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Congo - Kinshasa than in any other country. Recorded meaning: name from the literary hero Maller.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 575K(measured from records)
  • CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 66K
  • ATAustria≈1 in 93K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Maller itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Congo - Kinshasa (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,500 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
194 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 66K (inferred from the name graph)

Congo - Kinshasa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MallerLatin(measured from records)
מאלרHebrew(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled מאלר in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

name from the literary hero Maller

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Maller counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Maller is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈1,500 est.≈1 in 66K—Maller1
US United States5791 in 575K797Maller194
FR France≈310 est.≈1 in 219K39—3
DE Germany≈310 est.≈1 in 261KlistedMaller47
BR Brazil2181 in 971K218—1
AU Australia≈150 est.≈1 in 170K—Maller59
AT Austria≈95 est.≈1 in 93K—Maller14
HU Hungary≈64 est.≈1 in 152K—מאלר2
HR Croatia29as Maler1 in 146K29——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Maller is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Paraguay

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mäller

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written MÃller, Mäller

  • Hungarian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States

    Also written Mallér

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written MÃller

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Maller
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020797#31,175
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000643#33,471
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010579#38,265
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—218#34,270
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195168—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198149—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197141—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199139—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196138—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192136—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194130—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193126—

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Maller mean, and where does it come from?
name from the literary hero Maller Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
In which country does Maller have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named Maller in Congo - Kinshasa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maller.
How common is the name Maller?
In the United States, the national register counted 579 people named Maller in 2010, about 1 in 575 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Maller”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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