McMullin Surname

62,528th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,027 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

McMullin Surname Definition:

(Irish) The son of little Maolan (little bald man).

McMullin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,2061:50,3006,072
Canada1,5221:24,2093,288
England3681:151,40814,447
Australia3061:88,22110,161
Ireland1001:47,0893,474
South Africa781:694,58649,962
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
Isle of Man431:1,996375
Northern Ireland411:45,0013,962
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Wales361:85,9597,098
Thailand151:4,709,223352,754
American Samoa81:6,9701,431
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
France31:22,140,907385,998
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3991:11,1021,552
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2281:106,91010,610
Scotland441:85,0734,558
Wales41:392,10412,338
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1751:23,0892,892

McMullin Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Irish) The son of little Maolan (little bald man).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The son of the miller.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

McMullin Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McMullin Come From? nationality or country of origin

McMullin is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of McMullin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McMullin? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 62,528th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 907,879 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 109 percent of McMullin are found; 108 percent are found in North America and 108 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 7,206 people, or 1 in 50,300. In The United States McMullin is most frequent in: Missouri, where 11 percent are found, Utah, where 8 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 19 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

McMullin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McMullin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the McMullin last name grew 331 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 161 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 75 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 11 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McMullin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McMullin last name are 10.14% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.91% being registered with the political party.

The amount McMullin earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.43% less than the national average, earning 299,616 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 170.89% more than the national average, earning R 643,740 per year; in United States they earn 4.11% more than the national average, earning $44,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.6% less than the national average, earning $48,889 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacMullin941,184/
McMullen8833,186/
McMullan887,497/
MacMullen82911/
MacMullim821/
McMollen750/
Mokmuling712/
McMilen679/
McMalan671/
Maikmuln631/
Makmalen501/

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McMullin Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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