Mill Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 4
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 8
Cheshire 14
Cornwall 291
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 11
Devon 162
Dorset 29
Durham 5
Essex 19
Gloucestershire 36
Hampshire 59
Herefordshire 18
Hertfordshire 13
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 12
Isle of Man 2
Kent 28
Lancashire 102
Leicestershire 30
Lincolnshire 59
London 222
Middlesex 7
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 16
Northamptonshire 11
Nottinghamshire 29
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 12
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 7
Somerset 27
Surrey 29
Sussex 34
Staffordshire 42
Warwickshire 25
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 49
Worcestershire 16
Yorkshire 71

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 5
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 1
Monmouthshire 7
Pembrokeshire 5
Radnorshire 0

Mill Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mill family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 71
Independent 63
Agricultural Labourer 51
Copper Miner 34
Male Servant 30
Farmer 27
Labourer 20
Carpenter 12
Shoe Maker 12
Blacksmith 8
Tailor 8
Dress Maker 7
Butcher 7
Milliner 6
Ag Labourer 6
Grocer 5
Independant 5
Weaver 5
Apprentice 5
Cotton Reeler 5
Smith 4
Mason 4
Laundress 4
Pupil 4
Clerk 4

Most Frequent Forenames for Mill

Name Census Frequency
Mary Mill 1,051
William Mill 953
John Mill 898
Elizabeth Mill 730
James Mill 548
Thomas Mill 535
Sarah Mill 481
George Mill 479
Jane Mill 350
Ann Mill 307
Charles Mill 298
Henry Mill 262
Joseph Mill 226
Eliza Mill 210
Hannah Mill 186
Ellen Mill 185
Alice Mill 184
Emma Mill 184
Margaret Mill 156
Edward Mill 150
Richard Mill 148
Samuel Mill 147
Annie Mill 144
Alfred Mill 143
Robert Mill 143

Mill Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Mill 100% 14,542
2 Moll 75% 2,706
3 Mall 75% 2,501
4 Mell 75% 1,676
5 Miall 80% 1,289
6 Millie 67% 791
7 Maull 60% 737
8 Miell 80% 696
9 Mille 80% 475
10 Moull 60% 449
11 Amall 60% 439
12 Meall 60% 361
13 Molle 60% 290
14 Mull 75% 255
15 Amell 60% 183
16 Maill 80% 135
17 Milla 80% 133
18 Millo 80% 129
19 Millea 67% 116
20 Malle 60% 101

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The surname Mill is the most popular version of all its varients

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