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UK surname

Mullholland

In the 1881 census there were 357 people recorded with the Mullholland surname, ranking it #8,652 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 151, ranked #23,615, down from #8,652 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Bees, Govan Combination and Glasgow. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Powys, Blackburn with Darwen and South Gloucestershire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mullholland is 357 in 1881. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 57.7%.

1881 census count

357

Ranked #8,652

Modern count

151

2016, ranked #23,615

Peak year

1881

357 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mullholland had 357 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,652 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 151 in 2016, ranked #23,615.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 357 in 1881.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established but Challenged.

Mullholland surname distribution map

The map shows where the Mullholland surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Mullholland surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mullholland over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 60 #22,584
1861 historical 137 #16,465
1881 historical 357 #8,652
1891 historical 338 #10,113
1901 historical 326 #10,990
1911 historical 119 #20,535
1997 modern 124 #23,669
1998 modern 128 #23,828
1999 modern 120 #24,960
2000 modern 121 #24,824
2001 modern 118 #24,832
2002 modern 127 #24,267
2003 modern 121 #24,776
2004 modern 125 #24,443
2005 modern 128 #24,076
2006 modern 126 #24,493
2007 modern 131 #24,282
2008 modern 130 #24,695
2009 modern 131 #25,056
2010 modern 148 #23,697
2011 modern 150 #23,309
2012 modern 145 #23,780
2013 modern 155 #23,108
2014 modern 153 #23,537
2015 modern 149 #23,817
2016 modern 151 #23,615

Geography

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Where Mullhollands are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Bees, Govan Combination, Glasgow, Liverpool and Kilmarnock. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Powys, Blackburn with Darwen, South Gloucestershire, Cheshire West and Chester and Carlisle. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 St Bees Cumberland
2 Govan Combination Lanark
3 Glasgow Lanark
4 Liverpool Lancashire
5 Kilmarnock Ayr

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Powys 018 Powys
2 Blackburn with Darwen 016 Blackburn with Darwen
3 South Gloucestershire 008 South Gloucestershire
4 Cheshire West and Chester 038 Cheshire West and Chester
5 Carlisle 008 Carlisle

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mullholland

These lists show first names that appear often with the Mullholland surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mullholland

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Mullholland, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Established but Challenged

Nationally, the Mullholland surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established but Challenged, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Mullholland household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Many households in these neighbourhoods comprise separated or divorced single parents with dependent children. Residents are typically born in the UK, and these neighbourhoods have relatively few members of ethnic minorities. The prevalence of children, their parents and those at or above normal retirement age, suggests neighbourhood structures may be long-established. Levels of unpaid care are high, and long-term disability is more common than in the Supergroup as a whole. Use of the social rented sector is common, often in terraced houses. Levels of overcrowding are above the Supergroup average. Unemployment is high, while those in work are employed in elementary occupations such as caring, leisure and customer services. Many residents have low level qualifications. Neighbourhood concentrations of this Group are found in the South Wales Valleys, Belfast, Londonderry and the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Mullholland is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Mullholland is most concentrated in decile 9 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier end of the index.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Mullholland falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Mullholland is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Mullholland, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Mullholland families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mullholland surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Lanarkshire leads with 134 Mullhollands recorded in 1881 and an index of 11.86x.

County Total Index
Lanarkshire 134 11.86x
Lancashire 71 1.71x
Durham 28 2.70x
Renfrewshire 20 7.39x
Cumberland 16 5.32x
Dunbartonshire 14 14.92x
Ayrshire 13 4.97x
Yorkshire 10 0.29x
Angus 8 2.47x
Gloucestershire 8 1.17x
Caernarfonshire 7 4.96x
Midlothian 6 1.28x
Cheshire 5 0.65x
Northumberland 5 0.96x
Argyllshire 3 3.09x
Hampshire 2 0.28x
Stirlingshire 2 1.55x
Kent 1 0.08x
Perthshire 1 0.64x
Royal Navy 1 2.40x
Surrey 1 0.06x
Sussex 1 0.17x
West Lothian 1 1.90x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Barony in Lanarkshire leads with 35 Mullhollands recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.25x.

Place Total Index
Barony 35 12.25x
Glasgow 35 17.45x
Rutherglen 19 114.67x
Everton 17 12.87x
Bothwell 16 52.24x
Govan 16 5.73x
Cornsay 12 428.57x
Liverpool 12 4.77x
Cumbernauld 11 214.01x
Arlecdon 10 125.00x
Blackburn 9 8.16x
Manchester 9 4.83x
Abbey 8 19.38x
Dundee 8 6.62x
Horfield 8 116.11x
Kilmarnock 8 25.72x
Salford 8 6.56x
Bangor 7 51.40x
Conside Knitsley 7 86.63x
Carrington 6 821.92x
East Greenock 6 23.47x
Shotts 6 44.38x
Toxteth Park 6 4.28x
Dukinfield 5 14.04x
Holy Trinity 5 6.01x
Leeds 5 2.56x
Gateshead 4 5.14x
Hamilton 4 12.70x
Hedworth Monkton Jarrow 4 8.89x
St Quivox 4 45.25x
Widnes 4 13.38x
Blantyre 3 25.51x
Cleator 3 23.98x
Dunoon 3 150.00x
Elswick 3 7.23x
Sutton 3 21.58x
Crosscanonby 2 20.12x
Falkirk 2 6.63x
Garston 2 16.35x
Luss 2 229.89x
Mearns 2 42.19x
Portsea 2 1.43x
Canterbury St Mary 1 12.50x
Crookdean Hawick 1 10000.00x
Eastbourne 1 3.69x
Kilmalcolm 1 30.86x
Kilmaurs 1 22.47x
Little Crosby 1 149.25x
Old Kilpatrick 1 9.02x
Paisley High Church 1 4.64x
Renfrew 1 11.19x
Royal Navy 1 2.81x
St Cuthbert Within 1 28.74x
Stockton On Tees 1 2.00x
Stoke 1 12.45x
Tibbermore 1 44.44x
Uphall 1 17.30x
Wallsend 1 6.07x
West Greenock 1 2.06x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Mullholland surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 16
Margaret 7
Sarah 7
Elizabeth 6
Ellen 6
Ann 5
Catherine 5
Jane 5
Alice 2
Annie 2
Julia 2
Norah 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Eliza 1
Elizth. 1
F. 1
Fanny 1
Harriet 1
Hellen 1
Isabella 1
M. 1
Martha 1
Mgt. 1
Rose 1
Selina 1
Susan 1
Theresa 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Mullholland surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
John 12
Bernard 7
James 6
William 6
Thomas 5
Daniel 4
Arthur 3
David 3
Henry 3
Robert 3
Allen 2
Edward 2
George 2
Hugh 2
Patrick 2
Peter 2
Albert 1
Ambrose 1
Charles 1
Francis 1
Joseph 1
Mary 1
Paul 1
Samuel 1
Thos. 1
Walter 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Mullholland surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mullholland surname in 1881?

In 1881, 357 people were recorded with the Mullholland surname. That placed it at #8,652 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mullholland surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 151 in 2016. That gives Mullholland a modern rank of #23,615.

What does the Mullholland map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Mullholland bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.