The surname Mullins is of

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origin, and is akin to

Mullen Mullen is a surname of Irish and Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Mullen (born 1992), Australian professional footballer *Andrew Mullen (born 1996), British Paralympian swimmer *Ann A. Mullen (1935–1994), Ameri ...

and

McMillan MacMillan, Macmillan, McMillen or McMillan may refer to: People * McMillan (surname) * Clan MacMillan, a Highland Scottish clan * Harold Macmillan, British statesman and politician * James MacMillan, Scottish composer * William Duncan MacMill ...

Geographical distribution

At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1901 (the data for

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) and the United Kingdom Census of 1881 (the data for the rest of the

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), the frequency of the surname ''Mullins'' was highest in the following counties:Mullins Surname Distribution
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County Clare County Clare ( ga, Contae an Chláir) is a county in Ireland, in the Southern Region and the province of Munster, bordered on the west by the Atlantic Ocean. Clare County Council is the local authority. The county had a population of 118,817 ...

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County Limerick "Remember Limerick" , image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Limerick.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Munster , subdivision ...

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County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

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County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

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County Waterford County Waterford ( ga, Contae Phort Láirge) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and is part of the South-East Region, Ireland, South-East Region. It is named ...

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County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

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Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

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Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

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County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

(1:1,525) # King's County (1:1,547) As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories:Mullins Surname Distribution
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Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...

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Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

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Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

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Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

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Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

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England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

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Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(1:14,092) As of 2014, 76.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Mullins'' were residents of the United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following U.S. states:Mullins Surname Distribution
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West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

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Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

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Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

(1:4,122) The frequency of the surname was highest in the following U.S. counties (over 20 times the national average): # Dickenson County, Va. (1:14) # Wise County, Va. (1:28) # Knott County, Ky. (1:40) # Letcher County, Ky. (1:46) # McDowell County, W.Va. (1:52) # Buchanan County, Va. (1:71) # Hancock County, Tenn. (1:75) # Breathitt County, Ky. (1:76) # Pike County, Ky. (1:76) # Menifee County, Ky. (1:90) # Clay County, W.Va. (1:97) # Pickett County, Tenn. (1:104) # Logan County, W.Va. (1:106) # Rockcastle County, Ky. (1:111) # Lincoln County, W.Va. (1:112) # Floyd County, Ky. (1:115) # Owsley County, Ky. (1:116) # Perry County, Ky. (1:118) # Franklin County, Miss. (1:118) # Lee County, Va. (1:119) # Russell County, Va. (1:127) # Washington County, Va. (1:148) # Magoffin County, Ky. (1:162) # Scott County, Va. (1:173) # Wyoming County, W.Va. (1:174) # Tazewell County, Va. (1:175) # Boone County, W.Va. (1:186) # Mingo County, W.Va. (1:192) # Nicholas County, W.Va. (1:195) # Powell County, Ky. (1:205) With the single exception of Franklin County, Mississippi, these are all Appalachian counties.

People with the surname Mullins

Aimee Mullins Aimee Mullins is an American athlete, actress, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her legs beneath the knee. She is the first amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes in Na ...

(b. 1976), American athlete and performer *

Andria Mullins The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss USA organization, owned by Texas native Crystle Stewart, who was Miss US ...

(b. 1980), American beauty queen and performer *

Bill Mullins William Mullins (born 30 January 1948 in Campsie, New South Wales) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership, the major rugby league competition in A ...

, Australian rugby player * Bitsy Mullins (1926–2003), American trumpeter *

Brett Mullins Brett Mullins (born 21 January 1972) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and early 2000s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australian international representative back, he played his club ...

(b. 1972), Australian rugby player *

Brian Mullins Brian Mullins (27 September 1954 – 30 September 2022) was an Irish Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and player. He played football with his local club St Vincents GAA, St Vincent's and was a senior member of the Dublin county ...

(1954–2022), Irish Gaelic football player * Brian Mullins (hurler) (b. 1978), Irish hurler *

Cedric Mullins Boyce Cedric Mullins II (born October 1, 1994) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018. Professional career Early career Mullins attended Brookwood ...

(b. 1994), American baseball player *

Charles Herbert Mullins Major Charles Herbert Mullins Victoria Cross, VC Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (28 June 1869 – 24 May 1916) was a South Africa, South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry i ...

(1869–1916), a South African Victoria Cross recipient *

Charlie Mullins Sidney Charles Mullins (born 28 October 1952) is a British businessman. He is the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, London's largest independent plumbing company, which he sold in 2021. Early life Mullins is the son of a factory worker father and ...

(b. 1952), British businessman, founder of Pimlico Plumbers *

Chucky Mullins Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins (July 8, 1969 – May 6, 1991) was an American football player at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) best known for the devastating football injury that left him a quadriplegic. Accident and aftermath Chucky Mullins wa ...

(1969–1991), American football player * Clarence H. Mullins (1895–1957), American federal judge *

Craig Mullins Craig Mullins (born 1964) is an American digital painter, and leading international concept artist. He has created art for books, video games and films. He is often considered to be a pioneer in the field of digital painting, painting digitally fo ...

(b. 1964), American conceptual artist * D.R. Mullins (born 1958), American artist *

Daniel Mullins Daniel Joseph Mullins (10 July 1929 – 1 November 2019) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Menevia from 1987 to 2001. Biography Born in Kilfinane, County Limerick, Ireland, on 10 July 1929, he was ordained to the priest ...

(1929-2019), British Roman Catholic bishop *

Dan Mullins Dan Mullins (born 15 June 1978) is an English metal drummer. He is most known for being the drummer of the death/doom metal band My Dying Bride. Mullins has cited drummers such as Buddy Rich, Mike Portnoy, Sean Reinert, and Paul Mazurkiewicz as ...

(b. 1976), South African sports photographer *

(b. 1978), English drummer * David Mullins (disambiguation) * Donovan Mullins (b. 1997), Information Technology Specialist *

Edgar Young Mullins Edgar Young Mullins (January 5, 1860 – November 23, 1928) was a Southern Baptist minister and educator, who from 1899 until his death was the fourth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship school of the Southern Ba ...

(1860–1928), American Baptist minister *

Edwin Mullins Edwin Mullins (born 1933) is a British art critic, novelist, and television presenter. Among his books is a monograph on Georges Braque. His television series include ''A Love Affair with Nature'' (Channel 4, 1985)Mullins, 1985. Introduction, page ...

(b. 1933), British art critic and television presenter *

Edwin Roscoe Mullins Edwin Roscoe Mullins (22 August 1848- 9 January 1907) was a British sculptor known for a number of architectural sculptures and smaller works featuring neo-classical figures. Biography Mullins was born at Holborn in central London and attended ...

(1848-1907), English sculptor *

Eustace Mullins Eustace Clarence Mullins Jr. (March 9, 1923 – February 2, 2010) was an American white supremacist, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, propagandist, Holocaust denier, and writer. A disciple of the poet Ezra Pound, * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

(1923–2010), American political writer *

Fran Mullins Francis Joseph Mullins (born May 14, 1957) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder. Mullins played at least one game at all four infield positions, but saw most of his playing ti ...

, American baseball player *

Frederick Mullins Frederick William Mullins, known after 1841 as Frederick William De Moleyns (29 June 1804 – 17 March 1854), was an Irish politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kerry from 1831 to 1837, as a ...

(d. 1854), Irish politician * Freddy Mullins (b.1979), American Musician and Actor * George Mullins (1763–1765), Irish painter *

Gerry Mullins Gerry Blaine Mullins (born August 14, 1949) is a former American football player who played as a guard for nine seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at University of Southern Califo ...

(b. 1949), American football player * Gustav Mullins (photographer) (1854–1921), royal photographer *

Hayden Mullins Hayden Ian Mullins (born 27 March 1979) is an English former professional footballer and current manager. He played primarily as a defensive midfielder, but he also played as a sweeper and at right-back. He was most recently the head coach at ...

(b. 1979), English soccer player * Henry Mullins (1861–1952), Canadian businessman and politician *

James Mullins (American politician) James Mullins (September 15, 1807 – June 26, 1873) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1869. He also served a single term in the Tennessee ...

(1807–1873), an American politician * James P. Mullins (b. 1928), American general * James Patrick Mullins (1874–1965), Canadian politician, member of Parliament *

Jeff Mullins (basketball) Jeffrey Vincent Mullins (born March 18, 1942) is an American retired basketball player and coach. He played college basketball with the Duke Blue Devils and in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the St. Louis Hawks and Golden State Wa ...

(b. 1942), American basketball player * Jeff Mullins (politician), American politician * Jimmy "Mercy Baby" Mullins (1930–1977), American blues musician * John Mullins (disambiguation) *

Larry Mullins Laurence A. "Moon" Mullins (June 13, 1908 – August 10, 1968) was an American college football player, coach and athletic director. He played fullback under Knute Rockne at the University of Notre Dame. He served as the head coach at St. Bened ...

(1908–1968), American football coach *

(b. 1966), American musician *

Leonard Mullins Leonard Mullins (1918 – 19 September 1997) was a scientist and long-time Research Director at the former Malaysian Rubber Producers' Research Association. He is known for his work on the stress-softening behavior of rubber, a phenomenon now kno ...

(1918–1997), English rubber scientist, the Mullins effect *

Lisa Mullins Lisa Mullins is an American public radio personality. She is the permanent local weekday host for National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'' for its Boston affiliate WBUR, and guest host for NPR's '' Here and Now'' and WBUR's Radio Boston. ...

, American radio news anchor *

Mark Mullins (economist) Mark Mullins is a Canadian economist and a former executive director of the Fraser Institute. Background and education Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1961, he holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master of Arts ...

(b. 1961), Canadian economist *

Matt Mullins Matthew Mullins is an American actor and martial artist. At the age of 16, in 2000, he won his first World Kickboxing Association title in Dublin, Ireland. This would be his first of five championships in the next three years. Martial arts car ...

(b. 1980), American martial artist *

Mavis Mullins Mavis Raylene Mullins (née Paewai) is a New Zealand businesswoman. She is Māori and identifies with Rangitāne, Te Atihaunui-a-Paparangi and Ngāti Ranginui iwi. Mullins began her working life as a wool classer in her family's shearing bus ...

, New Zealand businesswoman *

Megan Mullins Megan Mullins (born November 24, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. At age 18, she made her debut on the country music scene with the single "Ain't What It Used to Be," a Top 40 hit on the ''Billboa ...

(b. 1987), American musician *

Melinda Mullins Melinda Mullins (born April 20, 1958) is an American film, television and theatre actress. Early life and education She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in the Romance languages from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in ...

(b. 1958), American actress *

Mike Mullins (rugby union) Mike Mullins (born Auckland, 29 October 1970) is a former New Zealand-born Irish rugby union footballer. He played primarily as an outside centre. Rugby career Mullins represented Munster playing 116 games. He had 16 caps for Ireland, from his ...

(b. 1970), Irish rugby player *

Nathan Mullins Nathan Mullins (born 1989/90) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for St Vincents and also, formerly, the Donegal county team. Early life Nathan Mullins is the youngest of three sons fathered by former Dublin midfielder Brian Mullins. Whe ...

(born 1989/90), Irish Gaelic football player and son of Brian *

Nick Mullins Nick Mullins (born 31 January 1966) is a British journalist and sports commentator, primarily working on BT Sport's Premiership Rugby coverage. Early life Mullins began his career as a journalist with the ''Loughborough Trader'' and ''Loughboro ...

, English rugby player * Pat Mullins (1938–2017), American politician *

Priscilla Alden Priscilla Alden (, ) was a noted member of Massachusetts's Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims and the wife of fellow colonist John Alden (1687). They married in 1621 in Plymouth. Biography Priscilla was most likely born in ...

(c. 1602 – c. 1680), née Mullins, American Pilgrim *

Rich Mullins Richard Wayne Mullins (October 21, 1955 – September 19, 1997) was an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter best known for his worship songs " Awesome God" and "Sometimes by Step". Some of his albums were listed by ''CC ...

(1955–1997), American musician *

Shawn Mullins Shawn Mullins (born March 8, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter who specializes in folk rock, instrumental rock, adult album alternative, adult alternative, and Americana (music), Americana music. His 1998 single "Lullaby (Shawn Mullins song) ...

(b. 1968), American musician *

Skipper Mullins Lewis Ray "Skipper" Mullins (born April 25, 1946) is an American martial arts fighter who has been described as ''"the greatest kicker in the history of the U.S. karate scene"''. Biography Mullins was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He bega ...

(c. 1945–2020), American martial artist * Sue Mullins, American politician *

Thomas Mullins (Irish politician) Thomas Lincoln Joseph Mullins (12 February 1903 – 2 November 1978) was an American-born Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Early life He was born 12 February 1903 in New Rochelle, New York, US, the only child of Martin and Catherine Mullins ori ...

(1904–1978), Irish politician *

Thomas Mullins (British Army officer) Thomas Mullins (died 1823) was a British Army officer of the 44th Regiment of Foot, best known for his misconduct at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. While he performed well during the Chesapeake campaign, his failure to check on ...

(d. 1823), English soldier * William Mullins, several people

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People with the surname Mullins

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