Mohl

surname · Latin script

Meaning: possibly from Hebrew mohel, an occupational name meaning ‘circumciser’

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈmoʊɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mohl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Zambia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 123K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 347K
  • ZMZambia≈1 in 2.9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Zambia (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,100 people, est.

Sources
206 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Zambia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

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)

possibly from Hebrew mohel, an occupational name meaning ‘circumciser’.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mohl 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 Mohl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZM Zambia≈6,100 est.≈1 in 2.9K—Mohl1
US United States9591 in 347K959Mohl206
DE Germany≈650 est.≈1 in 123KlistedMohl73
GB United Kingdom≈150 est.≈1 in 438K—Mohl26
CH Switzerland1481 in 57K148Mohl14
AT Austria≈120 est.≈1 in 72K—Mohl22
LB Lebanon≈34 est.≈1 in 160K—Mohl1

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; the dfa-band-5 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Mohl is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France, Brazil, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Möhl

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Möhl

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Czechia, Slovakia, Poland

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Möhl

  • Danish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Sweden, Denmark

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Möhl

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Lebanon, United States

    Also written Möhl

34 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mohl is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Personenname für einen dicken, teils unfreundlichen Menschen; wohl zu mhd. mol(le), Deutung aber nicht sicher.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • variant of Moehle.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

  • In Czech, masculine singular past active participle of moci

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Mary Mohl, b. 1793Robert von Mohl, b. 1799Julius Mohl, b. 1800Moritz von Mohl, b. 1802Hugo von Mohl, b. 1805Hans Mohl, b. 1928Susan Mohl Powers, b. 1944Werner Mohl, b. 1950Stephan Ruß-Mohl, b. 1950Dávid Mohl, b. 1985

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mohl,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Mohl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010959#25,701
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000954#24,560
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020925#27,591
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20246#89,778
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

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 Mohl mean, and where does it come from?
possibly from Hebrew mohel, an occupational name meaning ‘circumciser’. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Mohl?
A machine transcription gives /ˈmoʊɫ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Mohl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.1 thousand people named Mohl in Zambia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mohl.
How common is the name Mohl?
In the United States, the national register counted 959 people named Mohl in 2010, about 1 in 347 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, “Mohl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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