Måhl

surname · Latin script

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

rarermore common
  • SESweden1 in 82K(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 250K
  • DKDenmark1 in 391K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

846 people

Sources
10 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 82K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

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:

Locally spelled Mahl in US United States and Mähl in DK Denmark.

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

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

Sources 2

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Måhl 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 Måhl is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil8461 in 250K846——
US United States8291 in 401K862Mahl5
SE Sweden1241 in 82K124Måhl10
AR Argentina401 in 1.1M40——
PL Poland201 in 1.9M10——
DK Denmark151 in 391K15Mähl9
FI Finland101 in 557K10——

846 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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 2000; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (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)

Måhl is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Colombia

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Mahl, Mähl

  • Estonian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Mahl, Mähl

  • English surname15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Spanish

    Also written Mahl, Maehl, Mähl, Mâhl, Máhl

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.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Måhl 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

In which country does Måhl have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 846 people named Måhl, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Måhl most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Måhl is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 82 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Måhl?
In Brazil, the national register counted 846 people named Måhl, about 1 in 250 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, “Måhl”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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