The Swiss German and English Musselman surname comes from the Middle High German terms of ‘musel’ and ‘man’ to mean a log man. Spelling variations for Musselman include Mussleman, Micklethwaite, Musselmann, Muclewaite and Muclethwayte. The Musselman name is popular in Switzerland and southern Germany. In England the Musselman families first lived in Yorkshire county. Within the United States the strong population centers for Musselman families is Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana. The early Musselman families dates back to the early 1700s. Famous: Christian Musselman (founder of Musselman applesauce and apple butter manufacturing and company in Pennsylvania), Austin Musselman (inventor of the coin-operated automatic scoring darts machine), Eric P. Musselman (professional basketball coach) and Jeffrey J. Musselman (professional baseball player).