Mildred Surname

534,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Mildred Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mildred,' a fairly popular fontal name in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Melred Forest, 1170: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

Maldred de Glentendon, 1187: ibid.

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Mildred Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1651:279,87818,255
Dominican Republic1391:75,0573,477
Cameroon1011:205,63421,118
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
England541:1,031,81650,675
Botswana281:78,10513,263
India91:85,229,487684,495
Solomon Islands81:72,50414,153
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Guyana11:762,22114,420
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1161:210,13216,406
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Mildred (483,203) may also be a first name.

Mildred Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Mildred,' a fairly popular fontal name in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Melred Forest, 1170: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

Maldred de Glentendon, 1187: ibid.

Robert fil. Meldredi, 1196: ibid.

Robert fil. Mildred, 37 Henry III. Calendarium Genealogicum: Henry III-Edward I.

William Mildrede, Close Rolls, 4 Henry VI.

1611. Married — John Lowdell and Isabell Mildred: St. Dionis Backchurch.

1686. Baptised — Anne, d. John Mildred: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(English) 1 Mild Counsel [A.Sax. Mildred (masc.)-milde, mild + rǽd, counsel] Her Mildred bisceop forðferde.

(In this year Bishop Mildred [of Worcester] died).—A.-Sax. Chron., A.D. 772.

2 Mild Strength [used for the Anglo-Saxon Mildþryþ (fem.) —milde + þryþ] Saint Mildred or Mildthryth was abbess of a nunnery at Minster in the Isle of Thanet at the end of the 7th century.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The personal name. See Female Christian Names.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Mildred Last Name Facts

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

Mildred (Arabic: ميلدرد, Hindi: मिल्ड्रेड, Marathi: िमलरेड, Russian: Милдред) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mildred.

How Common Is The Last Name Mildred? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 534,813th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 12,085,482 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Mildred live; 28 percent live in East Africa and 25 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,094th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 483,203 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 279,878. In Kenya Mildred is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 44 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 39 percent reside and Trans Nzoia County, where 5 percent reside. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in The Dominican Republic, where 23 percent reside and Cameroon, where 17 percent reside.

Mildred Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Mildred has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname declined 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mildred Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland and Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Mildred earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.87% less than the national average, earning $43,786 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milldred937/
Mildre9244/
Meldred8618/
Mildret867/
Mildres865/
Milderd864/
Myldred864/
Mildrid862/
Mildrer861/
Mildrey861/
Mldre832/
Mildhredts821/
Mildreth803/
Mildrete802/
Mildress801/
Mildreat801/
Miglidre801/
Möldre77174/
Meldre7797/
Mildra771/
Mildré771/
Mildrette751/
Mildert7111/
Meldrid711/
Mildris711/
Mildrich6713/
Mildrith670/
Möldri6235/
Meldré626/
Meldry621/
Meldra621/
Meldris5713/
Meldert5713/
Meldray571/
Meldrich5328/
Meldrajs5313/
Meldraja537/
Meldrājs531/
Meldruit531/

Mildred Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mildred in the Marathi language
िमलरेडimalareda83.33
मीलरेडmilareda16.67
Mildred in the Hindi language
मिल्ड्रेडmildreda50
मिलडरेडmiladareda50
Mildred in the Russian language
Милдредmildred-
Mildred in the Arabic language
ميلدردmyldrd-
ملدريدmldryd-

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