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    The surname Mullett

    A surname, carried by 2,560 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M430

    Mullett: #12,174 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mullett #12,174, 2,560 people Mullett: #12,174 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mullett #12,174, 2,560 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mullett is more common than 92.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,560 people named Mullett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,604 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,281.

    #12,174
    rank among US surnames
    2,560
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,478)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,170Barefield2,561120,557
    #12,174Colindres2,560120,604
    #12,180Frerichs2,559120,651
    #12,182Kollman2,558120,698

    Who is named Mullett

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    96% of people named Mullett identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Mullett

    Mullett has the Soundex code M430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M430.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Mullett?
    2,560 people in the United States had the surname Mullett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,604 Americans. It ranked 12,174th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Mullett?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mullett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Mullett getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,281 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,560 in 2010, up 12%.