# Mullins (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mullins/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 71,646 |
| US rank (2010) | 463 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,309 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (70,286 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmʌlɪnz/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Mullins in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Mullins in the United States and Canada.

## People named Mullins

- Aimee Mullins, American athlete, actress, and fashion model
- Eustace Mullins, American antisemitic populist writer, biographer, and Holocaust denier (1923–2010)
- Jeff Mullins, American basketball player and coach
- Rich Mullins, American Christian Musician (1955–1997)
- Shawn Mullins, American recording artist; musician
- Matt Mullins, American martial artist
- Peter Mullins, Australian decathlete (1926–2012)

## Similar surnames

Mullens, Mullinax, Mullings, Mullenix, Mullinix, Mullenax, Milling, Melancon, Malinowski, Melanson, Mellinger, Melnick.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.