Mellon Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Cheshire 18
Cornwall 10
Cumberland 10
Derbyshire 23
Durham 2
Essex 17
Gloucestershire 4
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 1
Hunts and Rutland 0
Isle of Man 1
Lancashire 144
Leicestershire 13
Lincolnshire 8
London 15
Middlesex 5
Monmouthshire 5
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 2
Nottinghamshire 5
Suffolk 1
Somerset 2
Surrey 1
Staffordshire 19
Warwickshire 4
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 102
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Hampshire 0
Kent 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Sussex 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0

Mellon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mellon family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 13
Agricultural Labourer 9
Weaver 5
Spinner 5
Frame Work Knitter 4
Shoe Binder 4
Woollen Weaver 4
Male Servant 3
Silk Weaver 3
Blacksmith 3
Coal Miner 3
Ag Lab 3
Labourer 3
Bricklayer 3
Joiner 3
Miner 2
Cotton Hose Maker 2
Independent 2
Book Keeper 2
Cot Labourer 2
Piecer 2
Reeler 2
Hawker 2
Shoe Maker 2
Cloth Dresser 2

Most Frequent Forenames for Mellon

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mellon 356
John Mellon 321
William Mellon 247
Elizabeth Mellon 215
James Mellon 178
Sarah Mellon 168
Thomas Mellon 132
Ann Mellon 102
George Mellon 99
Joseph Mellon 91
Henry Mellon 88
Hannah Mellon 83
Jane Mellon 81
Margaret Mellon 62
Samuel Mellon 62
Annie Mellon 57
Ellen Mellon 56
Martha Mellon 50
Charles Mellon 49
Robert Mellon 44
Richard Mellon 41
Catherine Mellon 39
Edward Mellon 39
Eliza Mellon 39
Emma Mellon 39

Mellon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mullen 67% 11,823
2 Millen 67% 8,763
3 Mullin 67% 6,793
4 Mellon 100% 4,325
5 Mallen 67% 3,662
6 Mallin 67% 2,829
7 Millin 67% 2,566
8 Millan 67% 2,341
9 Mallon 83% 2,296
10 Mullan 67% 1,209
11 Mallion 71% 1,019
12 Millon 83% 1,012
13 Mellin 83% 973
14 Million 71% 759
15 Mullon 83% 521
16 Moullin 57% 453
17 Mallan 67% 451
18 Mellen 83% 451
19 Mullane 57% 410
20 Mellan 83% 297
21 Mollon 83% 294
22 Millian 57% 284
23 Maullin 57% 264
24 Melon 83% 223
25 Mollan 67% 185
26 Millne 50% 156
27 Mollen 67% 124

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The surname Mellon is the 4th most popular variant of Mullen.

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