Meulen

surname · Latin script

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

Meulen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country. In the Netherlands it is the 99th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 72K(measured from records)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 1M
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 71K

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.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈790 people, est.

Sources
153 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 71K (inferred from the name graph)

South Africa, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Meulen 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 Meulen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa—≈790 est.≈1 in 71K—Meulen16
DE Germany—≈480 est.≈1 in 166K—Meulen68
US United States—≈320 est.≈1 in 1MlistedMeulen153
NL Netherlands#992401 in 72K240Meulen120
AU Australia—≈180 est.≈1 in 140K—Meulen68
AT Austria—≈30 est.≈1 in 297K—Meulen12

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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register. 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)

Meulen is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Brazil, United States, South Africa

    Also written Meulén

30 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 13 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Meulen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)2007240#8,659
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens

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

In which country does Meulen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 791 people named Meulen in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled meulen.
How common is the name Meulen?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 240 people named Meulen in 2007, about 1 in 72 thousand residents.
How common is Meulen compared with other names?
In the Netherlands, Meulen is the 99th most common surname of 284,143 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, “Meulen” — the 99th most common surname in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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