Mullan is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Mullan
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Lastname is a variant form of O'Mullen. The O'Mullens were a Leinster sept, numerous in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Kildare. They were also known in Ulster as O'Mullan and Mac Mullen.

Family name is a variant form of Mullin. See Mullins - Moulins, a place in the department of Orne, in Normandy.

Grandson of Maolan, diminutive of maol, bald; the son of the little, bald man.

Mullan is a variant form of Mullane. Grandson of the follower or devotee of St. Senan that means "old, wise," the name of various Irish saints.

The Mullan is a variation of Mullen. Grandson of Maolan, diminutive of maol, bald; the son of the little, bald man.

Surname Mullan is the variant form of Mullins. Granson of Maolan, diminutive of maol, bald; one who came from Moulins or Moulines, i.e., mills, the names of several places in France; one who ground grain, a miller.

How popular is Mullan?

Mullan is common in Northern Ireland, United States, Afghanistan, England, Australia, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, New Zealand, India, Saudi Arabia.

Mullan is ranked 32312 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Mullan bearers increased by 6.49 per cent in 2010 US census to 2034 since 2000, the surname slipped by 261 spots and ranked at 14631. The last name was found in around 7 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.25 89.74
Hispanic or Latino 4.33 3.19
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 2.9 2.04
Others 1.97 1.05
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.47 1.88
Black 1.08 2.09
Mullan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Northern Ireland which signifies its Northern Ireland provenence. Around 16506 people have been found who wears Mullan as their family name. Mullan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Mullan:
47 Northern Ireland4,242
13,612 United States2,813
772 Afghanistan2,713
3,409 England2,258
2,999 Australia1,246
Countries with hundreds of Mullan:
911 Ireland797
1,183 Scotland673
6,727 Canada647
2,840 New Zealand278
99,542 India219
29,524 Saudi Arabia159
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
43,423 South Africa98
4,434 Wales66
22,920 Pakistan66
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
67,506 Iran42
279,944 Thailand26
55,801 Spain21
11,611 Singapore21
46,251 Austria18
213,815 Germany13
820 Bermuda12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
150,293 Malaysia7
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old workman Mathias Mullan who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 14, 1846 by John Clark put out from Liverpool. 28 years old Mathew Mullan, Maid Rossy Mullan, Hugh Mullan (36), Ann Mullan, 14 years old Cathe. Mullan, John Mullan (8), 4 years old Michael Mullan, Catherine Mullan, and 143 other Mullan around 60.49% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

Pat. Mullan worked as laborer and hailed from Germany. 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on British King and arrived on August 16, 1881. Maria Mullan (26), William Mullan, Deners Mullan, aged 23, are other Mullan that migrated to US.

Mullan Namesakes

  • Harry Mullan, Irish boxing writer and journalist
  • Brian Mullan, retired American soccer player
  • Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and filmmaker
  • Don Mullan, Irish best-selling author/humanitarian and media producer
  • Michael Mullan, researcher

Mullan Namesakes

  • Harry Mullan, Irish boxing writer and journalist
  • Brian Mullan, retired American soccer player
  • Peter Mullan, Scottish actor and filmmaker
  • Don Mullan, Irish best-selling author/humanitarian and media producer
  • Michael Mullan, researcher

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