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UK surname

Mullineux

In the 1881 census there were 306 people recorded with the Mullineux surname, ranking it #9,586 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 278, ranked #15,579, down from #9,586 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolstanton, Eccles and Manchester. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Salford and Bolton.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mullineux is 366 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 9.2%.

1881 census count

306

Ranked #9,586

Modern count

278

2016, ranked #15,579

Peak year

1911

366 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mullineux had 306 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,586 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 278 in 2016, ranked #15,579.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 366 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Mullineux surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Mullineux surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mullineux 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 212 #9,965
1861 historical 172 #13,619
1881 historical 306 #9,586
1891 historical 327 #10,379
1901 historical 325 #11,017
1911 historical 366 #9,936
1997 modern 288 #13,886
1998 modern 302 #13,839
1999 modern 314 #13,556
2000 modern 329 #13,090
2001 modern 309 #13,487
2002 modern 318 #13,475
2003 modern 295 #13,964
2004 modern 297 #13,971
2005 modern 294 #14,006
2006 modern 290 #14,202
2007 modern 285 #14,527
2008 modern 282 #14,748
2009 modern 284 #14,986
2010 modern 283 #15,363
2011 modern 279 #15,353
2012 modern 266 #15,828
2013 modern 277 #15,644
2014 modern 283 #15,495
2015 modern 280 #15,485
2016 modern 278 #15,579

Geography

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Where Mullineux' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wolstanton, Eccles, Manchester, Dean and Leigh. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Salford and Bolton. 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 Wolstanton Staffordshire
2 Eccles Lancashire
3 Manchester Lancashire
4 Dean Lancashire
5 Leigh Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Salford 007 Salford
2 Salford 002 Salford
3 Salford 012 Salford
4 Bolton 032 Bolton
5 Salford 003 Salford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mullineux

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mullineux

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Mullineux, 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

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Mullineux surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Mullineux household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Mullineux 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

Mullineux 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

Mullineux falls in decile 4 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

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

4
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Mullineux is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Mullineux, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Mullineux families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mullineux 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. Lancashire leads with 205 Mullineux' recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.79x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 205 5.79x
Cheshire 68 10.32x
Staffordshire 15 1.49x
Shropshire 8 3.10x
Yorkshire 8 0.27x
Bedfordshire 1 0.65x
Cornwall 1 0.30x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Worsley in Lancashire leads with 73 Mullineux' recorded in 1881 and an index of 334.40x.

Place Total Index
Worsley 73 334.40x
Atherton 42 325.83x
Liscard 38 320.13x
Farnworth 19 89.54x
Little Hulton 12 204.78x
Great Bolton 11 23.45x
Hyde 10 51.44x
Upton By Birkenhead 10 1562.50x
Wolstanton Knutton 8 130.08x
Broughton In Salford 7 21.62x
Batley 6 21.34x
Drayton In Hales 6 112.78x
Horwich 6 155.44x
Little Bolton 6 13.18x
Salford 6 5.76x
Poulton Cum Seacombe 5 65.96x
Blackburn 4 4.24x
Cheetham 4 15.14x
Manchester 4 2.51x
Over Darwen 4 14.14x
Oldham 3 2.62x
Adlington 2 60.24x
Keele 2 186.92x
Shrewsbury St Chad 2 22.10x
Thornhill 2 23.18x
Tranmere 2 8.26x
Wolstanton 2 6.54x
Audley 1 10.03x
Birkenhead 1 1.90x
Eccleston In Prescot 1 5.62x
Falmouth 1 8.36x
Irby 1 666.67x
Newcastle Under Lyme 1 5.61x
Stotfold 1 33.78x
Tyldesley Cum Shakerley 1 9.80x
Wallasey 1 44.64x
Whitmore 1 370.37x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 31
Sarah 15
Elizabeth 11
Alice 10
Ellen 8
Ann 6
Annie 6
Hannah 6
Emma 5
Emily 4
Margaret 4
Martha 4
Anne 2
Betsy 2
Caroline 2
Catherine 2
Clara 2
Eliza 2
Elizth. 2
Harriet 2
Isabella 2
Margt. 2
Ruth 2
Ada 1
Amy 1
Chairy 1
Charlotte 1
Dinah 1
Edith 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Jane 1
Janet 1
Lilian 1
Louisa 1
M. 1
Mabel 1
Magaret 1
Maria 1
Marion 1
Millicent 1
Pheobe 1
Phoebe 1
Rachel 1
Rebecca 1
Susanna 1
Teresa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 24
James 18
William 16
Thomas 14
Alfred 6
Charles 4
Joseph 4
Wm. 4
Albert 3
Edwin 3
Matthew 3
Robert 3
Samuel 3
Simeon 3
Walter 3
Arthur 2
David 2
Edward 2
Eli 2
George 2
Henry 2
Peter 2
Richard 2
Stephen 2
Aurther 1
Emanuel 1
Enoch 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Guy 1
Isaac 1
Jas. 1
Job 1
Joshua 1
Levi 1
Lomax 1
Louis 1
Mathew 1
Noel 1
Rowland 1
Rueben 1
Silas 1
Simon 1
Wilfred 1

FAQ

Mullineux surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mullineux surname in 1881?

In 1881, 306 people were recorded with the Mullineux surname. That placed it at #9,586 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mullineux surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 278 in 2016. That gives Mullineux a modern rank of #15,579.

What does the Mullineux map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Mullineux 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.