Mulla is a surname. It is distinct from Mulla(h), which is a title that is occasionally prefixed to the name of a cleric.
Notable persons
Ali Ahmed Mulla, muazzin of Masjid al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Anand Narain Mulla (1901–1997), Urdu poet of India
Asif Mulla (born 1980), Indian-born Canadian cricketer
Fateen Mulla, Israeli Druze politician
Jagat Narain Mulla (1864–1938), lawyer and public prosecutor of India
Mahendra Nath Mulla, officer of the Indian Navy
Mohsin Mulla (born 1981), Indian-born Canadian cricketer
Paul Mulla (1882–1959), Turkish Cretan Catholic priest