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
Average Mullin Salary in
United States
$48,805 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Mullin.
How Common Is The Last Name Mullin? popularity and diffusion
The surname Mullin is the 20,918th most numerous last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 279,441 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 64 percent of Mullin are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Mullin is also the 946,056th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 100 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 15,529 people, or 1 in 23,341. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 11 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 82 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 12 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.
Mullin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Mullin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 255 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 63 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 152 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 764 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Mullin Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Mullin surname is predominantly Catholic (93%) in Ireland, Orthodox (82%) in Russia and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Mullin surname are 6.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.23% registered to vote for 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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