Mullings Surname

45,971st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,276 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Mullings 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.

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Mullings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Jamaica5,5861:51489
United States3,1681:114,41312,368
England1,5331:36,3464,766
Canada4701:78,3958,792
Bahamas851:4,609475
Australia811:333,28028,364
Panama621:63,1012,822
Costa Rica381:125,7911,936
New Zealand331:137,22216,302
Honduras261:339,0942,848
Trinidad and Tobago241:56,8324,715
Venezuela181:1,678,00421,578
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Belize181:19,7491,760
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Turks and Caicos Islands131:2,641268
France121:5,535,227269,324
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Wales91:343,83718,086
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
Montserrat41:1,237187
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2821:86,4379,090
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:564,25538,527

Mullings (11) may also be a first name.

Mullings 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.

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

Moulins, a place in the department of Orne, in Normandy. See Molines.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(French.) A miller. "De Moulin," from the mill.

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

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.).

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

George Mullins of Taunton, and Robert Mullins of this county, were transported to Barbadoes, for taking part in the Monmouth rebellion in 1685 (H.).

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

Mullings Last Name Facts

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

Mullings is borne by more people in Jamaica than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Mullings.

How Common Is The Last Name Mullings? popularity and diffusion

The surname Mullings is the 45,971st most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 646,288 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Mullings live; 51 percent live in Caribbean and 51 percent live in Anglo-Caribbean. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 11 people.

The surname Mullings is most frequent in Jamaica, where it is carried by 5,586 people, or 1 in 514. In Jamaica Mullings is primarily concentrated in: Cornwall County, where 40 percent live, Middlesex County, where 36 percent live and Surrey County, where 24 percent live. Outside of Jamaica this surname exists in 49 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 28 percent live and England, where 14 percent live.

Mullings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mullings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Mullings surname increased 3,560 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 544 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Mullings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Mullings last name are 11.45% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.68% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Mullings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 98.47% less than the national average, earning R 3,624 per year; in United States they earn 5.5% more than the national average, earning $45,523 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.57% more than the national average, earning $50,962 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Mulllings942/
Muillings941/
Mulling931,046/
Mulings9312/
Mollings8820/
Mullengs881/
Maulling880/
Muling86493/
Molling80834/
Mülling80333/
Mullink80323/
Muhling80156/
Mouling80139/
Musling8034/
Muiling8027/
Mauling8020/
Mulleng8017/
Meuling809/
Mulieng802/
Mullinx802/
Mulhing801/
Mulingh801/
Mutling801/
Mulengs801/
Mulng771/
Meusling75121/
Mausling75111/
Moelling75103/
Mulingue752/
Meuhling752/
Mulhingh751/
Moulleng751/
Moolling750/
Mauhling750/
Moling711,059/
Muleng71472/
Müling711/
Moehlling711/
Mulinx711/
Mulink711/
Mühling671,689/
Mollink67635/
Meulink67125/
Moeling6790/
Mauleng6734/
Molleng6725/
Mooling673/
Mullenx673/
Mouleng672/
Muilink671/
Mullimx671/
Mullenk671/
Mulaeng671/
Mutleng671/

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