Mellen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cornwall 26
Cumberland 5
Durham 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lancashire 12
Sussex 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Mellen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mellen family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Copper Miner 2
Dressmaker 1
Miller 1
Tin Miner 1
Independant 1
Servant 1
Prisoner Flax Dresser 1
Ag Lab 1
Engineer 1
Farmer 1
Independent 1
Mariner 1
Carpenter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Mellen

Name Census Frequency
John Mellen 36
William Mellen 32
Mary Mellen 31
Elizabeth Mellen 28
Thomas Mellen 19
James Mellen 18
Sarah Mellen 15
Jane Mellen 14
George Mellen 11
Joseph Mellen 9
Catherine Mellen 8
Samuel Mellen 8
Ann Mellen 7
Emily Mellen 7
Alfred Mellen 6
Eliza Mellen 6
Edith Mellen 5
Florence Mellen 5
Robert Mellen 5
Annie Mellen 4
Arthur Mellen 4
Caroline Mellen 4
Dorothy Mellen 4
Ellen Mellen 4
Elsie Mellen 4

Mellen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mullen 83% 11,823
2 Millen 83% 8,763
3 Mullin 67% 6,793
4 Mellon 83% 4,325
5 Mallen 83% 3,662
6 Mallin 67% 2,829
7 Millin 67% 2,566
8 Millan 67% 2,341
9 Mallon 67% 2,296
10 Mullan 67% 1,209
11 Mallion 57% 1,019
12 Millon 67% 1,012
13 Mellin 83% 973
14 Million 57% 759
15 Mullon 67% 521
16 Moullin 57% 453
17 Mallan 67% 451
18 Mellen 100% 451
19 Mullane 57% 410
20 Melen 83% 369
21 Mellan 83% 297
22 Mollon 67% 294
23 Millian 57% 284
24 Maullin 57% 264
25 Mollan 67% 185
26 Millne 50% 156
27 Mollen 83% 124

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The surname Mellen is the 18th most popular variant of Mullen.

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