Mulligan Surname

14,179th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39,298 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Mulligan Surname Definition:

(Celtic) the Little Bald or Shaven One, Monk. Disciple [Irish Maolagán, Maolacán: v. Milligan, Millican]

Mulligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,5211:17,6632,242
Ireland4,8891:963180
England4,8761:11,4271,689
Canada2,5631:14,3762,120
Australia2,3941:11,2761,666
Northern Ireland1,1061:1,668353
South Africa8341:64,9618,161
Scotland7201:7,4361,125
New Zealand6091:7,4361,269
Vanuatu1571:1,677485
Wales1401:22,1042,352
Thailand721:981,088150,124
Germany551:1,463,73689,144
Malta481:8,964551
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Philippines261:3,893,778155,597
Sweden191:518,25037,550
France191:3,495,933219,029
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Guyana121:63,5185,280
Isle of Man121:7,1521,559
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Belize91:39,4972,328
Guam81:20,0153,029
Norway71:734,61250,907
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
China71:195,331,65210,124
Jersey71:14,1722,872
Nicaragua61:1,003,5154,885
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Argentina31:14,247,805235,975
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Tonga11:107,313791
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland4,1841:1,059193
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1621:20,9772,963
Scotland4561:8,2091,110
Wales551:28,5171,601
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7071:8,7991,128

The alternate forms: Mülligan (2) & Mullîgan (1) are calculated separately.

Mulligan (73) may also be a first name.

Mulligan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic) the Little Bald or Shaven One, Monk. Disciple [Irish Maolagán, Maolacán: v. Milligan, Millican]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Ó Maolagáin An important sept in Donegal, much reduced at the time of the Plantation of Ulster and now found more in Co. Mayo and Monaghan.

IF 234; Map Don

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Ó Maolagáin An important sept in Donegal, much reduced at the time of the Plantation of Ulster and now found more in Co. Mayo and Monaghan.

IF 234; Map Don

A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

“Son of the Bald-Headed Man” in Gaelic.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(Irish) Grandson of Maolagan (little, bald one).

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

(Gaelic.) Local. Mullechean, the top or summit, a height.

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

Mulligan Last Name Facts

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

Mulligan (Russian: Муллиган) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms: Mülligan or Mullîgan. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mulligan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 14,179th most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 185,443 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Mulligan are found; 59 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name in the world, held by 73 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 20,521 people, or 1 in 17,663. In The United States Mulligan is mostly found in: New York, where 13 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in Ireland, where 12 percent reside and England, where 12 percent reside.

Mulligan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Mulligan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Mulligan last name increased 360 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 117 percent between 1901 and 2014; in England it increased 420 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 158 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 255 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mulligan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Mulligan surname is primarily Catholic (86%) in Ireland.

In The United States Mulligan are 6.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.59% registered with the party.

The amount Mulligan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.84% more than the national average, earning 373,201 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 102.75% more than the national average, earning R 481,812 per year; in United States they earn 10.99% more than the national average, earning $47,889 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.84% more than the national average, earning $52,586 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Mulligan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mulligan in the Russian language
Муллиганmulligan-

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Footnotes

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