Mullin Surname
Approximately 26,079 people bear this surname
Mullin Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. An English dress of the French 'de Molines.' The 'g' in Mullings is an excrescence; compare Jennings for Jennins.
William de Molyns, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1587-8.
Read More About This SurnameMullin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15,529 | 1:23,341 | 2,936 |
| Canada | 3,132 | 1:11,764 | 1,757 |
| England | 2,516 | 1:22,145 | 3,094 |
| Russia | 1,175 | 1:122,658 | 14,598 |
| Ireland | 779 | 1:6,045 | 933 |
| Northern Ireland | 557 | 1:3,312 | 655 |
| Australia | 523 | 1:51,617 | 6,382 |
| Scotland | 520 | 1:10,296 | 1,417 |
| New Zealand | 254 | 1:17,828 | 3,127 |
| South Africa | 161 | 1:336,507 | 31,327 |
| Barbados | 154 | 1:1,867 | 356 |
| Uruguay | 115 | 1:29,841 | 3,435 |
| Wales | 107 | 1:28,921 | 2,968 |
| Dominican Republic | 69 | 1:151,202 | 5,897 |
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Guyana | 40 | 1:19,056 | 2,431 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 32 | 1:3,099 | 465 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Panama | 18 | 1:217,348 | 6,003 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| Jamaica | 14 | 1:204,996 | 5,998 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Spain | 9 | 1:5,194,671 | 82,436 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2,114 | 1:2,095 | 402 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 987 | 1:24,696 | 3,426 |
| Scotland | 341 | 1:10,977 | 1,366 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:112,030 | 4,740 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,240 | 1:11,844 | 1,534 |
Mullin (100) may also be a first name.
Mullin Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. An English dress of the French 'de Molines.' The 'g' in Mullings is an excrescence; compare Jennings for Jennins.
William de Molyns, Gloucestershire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
1587-8. Barentyne Molens, Berkshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
(a) Local, 'at the miln,' i.e. mill. Middle English miln and mulne. The final 's' is common to these local surnames; compare Meadows, Brooks, Sykes, Mills, &c. Perhaps it is the patronymic s, as in Williams, Jones, &c.
Laurence atte Mulene, 1278. Writs of Parliament.
Gilbert atte Mullane, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1670. Francis Shepherd and Abigaell Mullins: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1787. Married — John Mullens and Jane Rebecca Trevor: Canterbury Cath.
(Celtic) for the Irish O'Maoláin = Descendant of Maolán [v. Mullan1] (Anglo-French-Latin) for the common French (Du) Moulin = (Of the) Mill [French moulin, Low Latin molin-us, from Latin mola, a mill]
(Irish, French) Grandson of Maolan (diminutive of maol, bald); one who came from Moulins or Moulines (mills), the names of several places in France; one who ground grain, a miller.
Moulins, a place in the department of Orne, in Normandy. See Molines.
(French.) A miller. "De Moulin," from the mill.
In 1645 a family of Mullins or Mullens, still represented in the locality, owned land in Wimborne Minster; and during the latter half of the 16th century the family of Mullens or Molyns possessed the manor of West Hall in Folke (H.).
George Mullins of Taunton, and Robert Mullins of this county, were transported to Barbadoes, for taking part in the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 (H.).
Mullin Demographics
Mullin Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Mullin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mullin Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mullin (Hindi: मुल्लीन, Russian: Муллин) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mullin? popularity and diffusion
It is the 20,918th most frequently occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 279,441 people. Mullin occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Mullin live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 946,056th most common given name globally. It is borne by 100 people.
The last name Mullin is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 15,529 people, or 1 in 23,341. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 11 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name exists in 82 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
Mullin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Mullin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mullin last name expanded 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 255 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 63 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 764 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mullin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Catholic (93%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mullin last name are 6.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.23% registered with the political party.
The amount Mullin earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.57% more than the national average, earning R 364,944 per year; in United States they earn 13.11% more than the national average, earning $48,805 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $49,712 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mullin Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mullin in the Hindi language | ||
| मुल्लीन | mullina | - |
| Mullin in the Russian language | ||
| Муллин | mullin | - |
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