MÎller

surname · Latin script

MÎller is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Germany it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller.

rarermore common
  • CNChina≈1 in 266(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 286
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 332

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 MÎller 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.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,200,000 people, est.

#50 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
651 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 266 (inferred from the name graph)

China, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MÎllerLatin(measured from records)
מילרHebrew(measured from records)
ΜυλλερGreek(measured from records)
মিলারBengali(measured from records)
뮐러Hangul(measured from records)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Miller in US United States, GB United Kingdom, NZ New Zealand and 2 more and Müller in DE Germany, CH Switzerland.

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)

Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller.

Sources 8

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • A dictionary of surnames
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

MÎller 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 MÎller is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈5,200,000 est.≈1 in 266—Miller52
US United States#61,161,4371 in 2861.2MMiller651
DE Germany#1≈460,000 est.≈1 in 176listedMüller270
GB United Kingdom#10≈190,000 est.≈1 in 33921Miller360
EG Egypt#270≈110,000 est.≈1 in 909—Miller47
CH Switzerland#152,889as Müller1 in 15953KMüller130
NZ New Zealand#8≈15,000 est.≈1 in 332—Miller174

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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists MÎller under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name MÎller mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 6 other sources.
In which country does MÎller have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 million people named MÎller in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miller.
How common is the name MÎller?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,161,437 people named MÎller in 2010, about 1 in 286 residents.
How common is MÎller compared with other names?
In Germany, MÎller is the most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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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, “MÎller” — the most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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