How common is the surname Mullins?

71,646 people in the United States had the surname Mullins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,309 Americans. It ranked 463rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Mullins?

Aimee Mullins, American athlete, actress, and fashion model, followed by Eustace Mullins.

Where is the surname Mullins most common?

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

How do you pronounce Mullins?

Mullins is /ˈmʌlɪnz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Mullins getting more or less common?

More common. 70,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,646 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Mullins

A surname, carried by 71,646 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmʌlɪnz/ 2 syllables Soundex M452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mullins is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 71,646 people named Mullins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,309 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 70,286.

#463

rank among US surnames

71,646

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #416)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#454	Goodwin	72,451	4,261
#455	Fischer	72,357	4,267
#456	Huang	72,328	4,269
#457	Potter	72,175	4,278
#458	Delacruz	72,109	4,282
#459	Montoya	71,844	4,297
#460	Todd	71,759	4,303

Who is named Mullins

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

89% of people named Mullins identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mullinss

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aimee Mullins
American athlete, actress, and fashion model, born 1976
Eustace Mullins
American antisemitic populist writer, biographer, and Holocaust denier (1923–2010)
Jeff Mullins
American basketball player and coach, born 1942
Rich Mullins
American Christian Musician (1955–1997)
Shawn Mullins
American recording artist; musician, born 1968
Matt Mullins
American martial artist, born 1980
Peter Mullins
Australian decathlete (1926–2012)

Notable Mullinss come mostly from the United States (6) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mullins

Mullins has the Soundex code M452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M452.

Questions

How common is the surname Mullins?: 71,646 people in the United States had the surname Mullins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,309 Americans. It ranked 463rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mullins?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Mullins identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Mullins?: Aimee Mullins, American athlete, actress, and fashion model, followed by Eustace Mullins.
Where is the surname Mullins most common?: Wikidata records people named Mullins in the United States and Canada.
How do you pronounce Mullins?: Mullins is /ˈmʌlɪnz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Mullins getting more or less common?: More common. 70,286 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 71,646 in 2010, up 1.9%.