Mellor Surname

21,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,658 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Mellor Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mellor,' a chapelry in the parish of Glossop, near Manchester. (2) Local, 'of Mellor,' a township in the parish of Blackburn, Lancashire (3) Occup. 'the miller,' which see.

Hugo Bell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Mellor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England15,0451:3,703498
United States5,2931:68,4797,964
Australia2,0771:12,9971,878
Canada9281:39,7044,964
Wales4791:6,460714
New Zealand3981:11,3781,982
Scotland2531:21,1612,447
South Africa1891:286,65527,999
France941:706,62589,060
Thailand761:929,452144,548
Bahamas701:5,596542
Spain691:677,56630,057
Philippines611:1,659,643109,715
Isle of Man581:1,480257
Ireland541:87,2034,973
Cuba481:240,0574,737
Netherlands471:359,30239,900
Guernsey441:1,465311
Singapore431:128,0865,748
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Northern Ireland191:97,1076,126
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
Qatar161:147,37516,023
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Guam81:20,0153,029
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
China41:341,830,39216,990
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
Sudan21:18,755,09814,167
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England10,5441:2,312328
Scotland331:113,4315,331
Wales241:65,3513,160
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7551:66,5157,224

Mellor (54) may also be a first name.

Mellor Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Mellor,' a chapelry in the parish of Glossop, near Manchester. (2) Local, 'of Mellor,' a township in the parish of Blackburn, Lancashire (3) Occup. 'the miller,' which see.

Hugo Bell, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus de Meller, 1379: ibid.

1588. Edward Mellor, of Oldham: Wills at Chester.

1603. Elizabeth Mellor, of Mottram: ibid.

1677. Charles Wynne and Elizabeth Meller: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) 1 for Miller, q.v.

2 belonging to Mellor =? the Mill-Bank [Middle English melle, Old English myln, a mill; Old English óra, a bank]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Miller” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Cliapelries in cos. Derby and Lancaster. The former appears to have given name to an ancient family.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Derbyshire, Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Mellors of Derbyshire take their name from a township in the county. The Mell__ of Ideridgehay, where the family were represented from the 1__ to the 18th century, have been for centuries connected with __ borough of Derby; and on the occasion of the election, in 16th of Henry Mellor as the first mayor of Derby, Bancroft, the Derburshire poet, complimented him in an epigram, which thus c__ eludes: —"As Mel or manna shall your name be sweete" (__ There are still Mellors in Derby. The name is very numerous __ the adjacent county of Stafford.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

User-submitted Reference

(English) The surname Mellor or Millor means 'dweller at the mill bank'. It is the name of parishes in Derbyshire, and Lancashire.

It could also be a variant of the surname Miller.

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Mellor Last Name Facts

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

Mellor (Arabic: ميلور, Russian: Меллор) has its highest incidence in England. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mellor.

How Common Is The Last Name Mellor? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mellor is the 21,250th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 284,026 people. The last name Mellor is predominantly found in Europe, where 64 percent of Mellor reside; 62 percent reside in Northern Europe and 62 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 1,350,955th most common forename on earth It is held by 54 people.

The last name Mellor is most widespread in England, where it is carried by 15,045 people, or 1 in 3,703. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 15 percent live, Staffordshire, where 10 percent live and West Yorkshire, where 9 percent live. Outside of England Mellor occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Mellor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mellor has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Mellor last name increased 143 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 701 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,996 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 767 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 245 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mellor Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Mellor surname are 11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.77% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Mellor earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.86% more than the national average, earning R 351,372 per year; in United States they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $46,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.21% more than the national average, earning $53,763 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mellior9264/
Mellore9220/
Mellord924/
Muellor923/
Moellor921/
Mellojr921/
Mellour921/
Mesllor920/
Meullor920/
Miellor920/
Mellhoir860/
Millor831,152/
Mellar83312/
Mellár83181/
Mellur8334/
Mlor801/
Mellard771,038/
Millour77577/
Millord77244/
Mellare77152/
Milloir7756/
Melliar7752/
Muellar7725/
Millore7712/
Millior778/
Moellar775/
Mellgar772/
Moellur772/
Melleur772/
Melliur771/
Millort771/
Muellur771/
Mellure771/
Milloer771/
Millhor771/
Mehllar771/
Mellaur770/
Mluor736/
Mllar732/
Mlord732/
Mlotr731/
Mlore731/
Mellaart71130/
Mellaard7157/
Melliard7134/
Milliord7122/
Milliore713/
Muelleur712/
Melliare711/
Mielleur711/
Mellahar711/
Millhour710/
Millhort710/
Millar6768,789/
Müllar6729/
M'Lore6716/
Mellárová6710/
Mellarová676/
Mllard674/
Myllar672/
Millur672/
Mlyorh671/
Mlleur671/

Mellor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mellor in the Russian language
Меллорmellor-
Mellor in the Arabic language
ميلورmylwr-

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Mellor Reference & Research

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