Muhl
surname · Latin script
Meaning: first/third-person singular preterite of mahlen
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈməɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Muhl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 606K
- ATAustria≈1 in 42K
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 Muhl 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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 168 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Mühl in DE Germany, AT Austria and Muehl in ML Mali.
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)
first/third-person singular preterite of mahlen
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Muhl 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 33K | listed | Mühl | 75 |
| BR Brazil | 954 | 1 in 222K | 954 | — | 3 |
| US United States | 549 | 1 in 606K | 560 | Muhl | 168 |
| ML Mali | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Muehl | 1 |
| EG Egypt | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 445K | — | Muhl | 2 |
| AT Austria | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 42K | — | Mühl | 18 |
| CH Switzerland | 106 | 1 in 79K | 106 | Muhl | 15 |
| FI Finland | 30 | 1 in 186K | 30 | — | 1 |
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); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Muhl is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Übername zu mhd. mūl 'Maul, Mund'; wohl nach einem großen/auffälligen Mund oder als spöttischer Charaktername. Bearer count: 1298.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, Übername zur persönlichen Eigenschaft: Mund/Maul (mnd. mūl); keine Bearerzahl im Text.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Theodor Muhlb. 1866DEDistrict Director of the District of Schotten in the Grand Duchy and the People's State of Hesse
- Georg Muhlb. 1866entomologist
- Jakob Muhlb. 1885CHSchaffhausen politician (*1885)
- Edward Muhlb. 1907USAmerican film executive (1907–2001)
- Hans Muhlb. 1927CHSchaffhausen politician (1927-2015)
- Ulrich Muhlb. 1936DEGerman association football player (1936-2014)
- Lars Muhlb. 1950DKDanish writer, mystic and musician
- Erica Muhlb. 1961USAmerican conductor
- Kemp Muhlb. 1987USAmerican musician and model
- Connor Muhlb. 2000USAmerican musician
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 954 | #9,700 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 560 | #41,826 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 549 | #39,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 528 | #39,240 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 106 | #10,554 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 30 | #36,950 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Muhl mean, and where does it come from?
- first/third-person singular preterite of mahlen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Muhl?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈməɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Muhl have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.4 thousand people named Muhl in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mühl.
- How common is the name Muhl?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 954 people named Muhl, about 1 in 222 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/muhlThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Muhl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.