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 8
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 21
Cheshire 17
Cornwall 268
Cumberland 8
Derbyshire 20
Devon 135
Dorset 4
Durham 24
Essex 45
Gloucestershire 44
Hampshire 89
Herefordshire 4
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 40
Lancashire 245
Leicestershire 15
Lincolnshire 2
London 273
Middlesex 13
Northumberland 16
Norfolk 21
Northamptonshire 22
Nottinghamshire 25
Oxfordshire 9
Rutland 0
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 27
Somerset 42
Surrey 10
Sussex 37
Staffordshire 101
Warwickshire 48
Westmorland 3
Wiltshire 26
Worcestershire 48
Yorkshire 63

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 4
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 3
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Mill Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Mill family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 234
Agricultural Labourer 45
Labourer 23
House Servant 22
Servant 19
Dress Maker 19
House Keeper 16
Copper Miner 16
General Servant 16
Coal Miner 15
Carter 11
Farmer's Daughter 11
Blacksmith 10
House Maid 9
Farm Labourer 8
Farmer's Son 8
Cotton Factory Worker 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Fund Holder 7
Farmer's Wife 7
Miner 7
Hawker 7
Laundress 7
Mine Labourer 6
Miner Copper 6

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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