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Mueller Ranking

In the United States, the name Mueller is the 587th most popular surname with an estimated 49,740 people with that name. 1 However, in Canada, the name Mueller is ranked the 878th most popular surname with an estimated 6,081 people with that name. 2


United States Mueller migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Mueller Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Mueller, who immigrated to America with his wife and five children in 1709
  • Adam Mueller, who landed in New Jersey in 1709 3
  • Friederich Mueller, who arrived in New York in 1709-1710 3
  • Barbara Mueller, who arrived in Carolina in 1742 3
  • Hans Ulrich Mueller, who arrived in Carolina in 1743 3
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Mueller Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Charles Mueller, aged 31, who landed in Missouri in 1839 3
  • Francis Anton Mueller, who landed in New York in 1839 3
  • Frederick Mueller, aged 40, who landed in Missouri in 1840 3
  • Mr. Jacob Mueller, aged 36, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Ferdinand" in 1844
  • Mr. Georg Mueller, (Muller), aged 25, from Germany who arrived in Galveston, Texas aboard the ship "Weser" in 1844
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
Mueller Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Adele Mueller, who arrived in America in 1923 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Mueller (post 1700) +

  • Robert Swan Mueller III (b. 1944), American politician, U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, 1986-87, Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice (2017-), 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2001-2013) 4
  • James F. Mueller (1943-2022), American sportscaster and radio announcer of the Cleveland Browns from 1975 to 1995
  • Lisel Mueller (1924-2020), born Elisabeth Neumann, a German-born American Pulitzer Prize winning poet, translator and academic teacher
  • William J. Mueller, American politician, Village President of Lombard, Illinois; Elected 2009 4
  • Virginia Mueller, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972 4
  • Robert S. Mueller, American politician, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1998- 4
  • Steve Mueller, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 9th District, 2010, 2012 4
  • Rick Mueller, American politician, Mayor of Sierra Vista, Arizona, 2013 4
  • Richard W. Mueller, American politician, U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1993-96 4
  • Richard H. Mueller, American Republican politician, Candidate for Wisconsin State Assembly from Milwaukee County 6th District, 1938 4
  • ... (Another 53 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


Suggested Readings for the name Mueller +

  • Mueller Genealogy by George P. Mueller.
  • The Mueller Family Tree and the Meier Family Tree, About 1700-1983, 10 Generations by Estella Michels.
  • The Mueller Mystique by Ned Mueller.

  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps - Forebears." Forebears, https://forebears.io/surnames
  3. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 27) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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