Musil
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Musil is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 67th most common surname.
- CZCzechia1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
- SKSlovakia1 in 25K
- HRCroatia1 in 92K
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.
- Czechia (measured from records)
- Sources
- 100 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
6,814 people
Highest-authority source
Czechia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Musil 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | #67 | 6,814 | 1 in 1.6K | 6.8K | Musil | 100 |
| CN China | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 342K | — | Musil | 2 |
| US United States | — | 1,316 | 1 in 253K | 1.3K | Musil | 71 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 1M | — | Musil | 8 |
| SK Slovakia | — | 214 | 1 in 25K | 214 | Musil | 25 |
| HR Croatia | — | 46 | 1 in 92K | 46 | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 11 | 1 in 191K | 11 | — | 2 |
6,814 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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)
Musil is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, austrijski romanopisac; u najpoznatijem romanu Čovjek bez svojstava , kojega je pisao gotovo dva desetljeća, sve do smrti u emigraciji, bavi se fenomenom otuđenja građanskog intelektualca u posljednjoj fazi propadanja Habsburške Monarhije
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
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)
- Nikolai Muzilb. 1839RUnot in their usual nameRussian actor (1839–1906)
- Alois Musilb. 1868CZCzech theologian, orientalist and explorer (1868–1944)
- Yelena Muzilb. 1871RUnot in their usual nameRussian actress (1871–1961)
- Robert Musilb. 1880ATAustrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)
- Mirko Musilb. 1924CZCzech dubbing actor and actor (1924–1999)
- Josef Musilb. 1932CZCzechoslovak volleyballist (1932–2017)
- Zdeněk Musilb. 1964CZbadminton player
- Frank Musilb. 1964CZCzech ice hockey player
- Petr Musilb. 1981CZCzech footballer
- David Musilb. 1993CACanadian-Czech ice hockey player
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 27 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 6.8K | #73 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 6.8K | #73 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 6.8K | #74 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.3K | #20,203 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.3K | #19,107 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1.3K | #20,232 |
| SK Slovakia | JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census) | 1995 | 214 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 46 | #13,992 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 39 | — |
| SI Slovenia | stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank) | — | 11 | #18,659 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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 Musil have the most bearers?
- In Czechia, the national register counted about 6.8 thousand people named Musil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled musil.
- Where is Musil most common?
- Musil is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Musil?
- In Czechia, the national register counted 6,814 people named Musil, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Musil compared with other names?
- In Czechia, Musil is the 67th most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/musilThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Musil” — the 67th most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.