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UK surname

Mungall

A Scottish habitational name for someone residing near a large cairn or rock.

In the 1881 census there were 196 people recorded with the Mungall surname, ranking it #13,006 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 277, ranked #15,619, down from #13,006 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to New Monkland, Govan Combination and Bathgate. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include West Calder and Polbeth, Brightons and Wallacestone and Hareleeshill.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mungall is 280 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 41.3%.

1881 census count

196

Ranked #13,006

Modern count

277

2016, ranked #15,619

Peak year

2010

280 bearers

Map years

7

1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mungall had 196 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,006 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 277 in 2016, ranked #15,619.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 246 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established but Challenged.

Mungall surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Mungall surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mungall 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 80 #19,558
1861 historical 108 #19,856
1881 historical 196 #13,006
1891 historical 234 #13,352
1901 historical 246 #13,269
1911 historical 41 #28,802
1997 modern 246 #15,445
1998 modern 261 #15,241
1999 modern 270 #14,992
2000 modern 272 #14,868
2001 modern 258 #15,194
2002 modern 266 #15,156
2003 modern 257 #15,341
2004 modern 256 #15,453
2005 modern 262 #15,182
2006 modern 264 #15,170
2007 modern 270 #15,080
2008 modern 276 #14,994
2009 modern 276 #15,300
2010 modern 280 #15,485
2011 modern 272 #15,653
2012 modern 269 #15,706
2013 modern 272 #15,836
2014 modern 272 #15,949
2015 modern 274 #15,749
2016 modern 277 #15,619

Geography

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Where Mungalls are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around New Monkland, Govan Combination, Bathgate, Muiravonside and Glasgow. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to West Calder and Polbeth, Brightons and Wallacestone, Hareleeshill, Redding and Carfin North. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 New Monkland Lanark
2 Govan Combination Lanark
3 Bathgate Linlithgow
4 Muiravonside Stirling
5 Glasgow Lanark

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 West Calder and Polbeth West Lothian
2 Brightons and Wallacestone Falkirk
3 Hareleeshill South Lanarkshire
4 Redding Falkirk
5 Carfin North North Lanarkshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mungall

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mungall

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Mungall, 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 Mungall surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established but Challenged, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Mungall 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, Mungall 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

Mungall is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

Mungall falls in decile 9 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less 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 Mungall is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 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 Mungall, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Mungall

The surname Mungall is believed to have originated in Scotland, specifically in the Scottish Borders region, during the Middle Ages. It is thought to be derived from the Old English words "munec" and "halh," meaning "monk" and "hollow" or "valley" respectively. This suggests that the name may have been associated with a monastic settlement or a valley inhabited by monks.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Mungall appears in the Ragman Rolls of 1296, a historical record of Scottish landowners who were required to swear fealty to King Edward I of England. The entry lists a "William de Munguale" from Roxburghshire, which provides evidence of the name's existence in the late 13th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, various spellings of the surname can be found in Scottish parish records, such as "Mungall," "Mungaill," and "Mungwall." This variation in spelling was common during that time period due to the lack of standardized orthography.

Notable individuals with the surname Mungall throughout history include:

1. Andrew Mungall (c. 1555-1625), a Scottish clergyman who served as the minister of Dysart in Fife. 2. William Mungall (c. 1630-1698), a Scottish merchant and landowner who owned estates in East Lothian. 3. Robert Mungall (1776-1851), a Scottish-born farmer and pioneer who settled in Upper Canada (now Ontario) in the early 19th century. 4. James Mungall (1836-1912), a Scottish-born journalist and editor who worked for various newspapers in Canada and the United States. 5. William Mungall (1879-1958), a Scottish-born engineer and inventor who held patents for various mining equipment and machinery.

The surname Mungall has also been associated with various place names in Scotland, such as Mungalhead (a farm in East Lothian) and Mungalrig (a hill in the Scottish Borders). These place names may have derived from the surname or vice versa, reflecting the close connection between surnames and geographical locations in Scotland.

While the origins of the Mungall surname can be traced back to medieval Scotland, its presence has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and diaspora. However, this detailed report focuses primarily on the historical roots and notable bearers of the surname within its country of origin.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Mungall families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mungall 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 80 Mungalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 13.00x.

County Total Index
Lanarkshire 80 13.00x
Stirlingshire 51 72.70x
West Lothian 24 83.80x
Fife 14 12.43x
Yorkshire 11 0.58x
Lancashire 6 0.27x
Midlothian 6 2.35x
Clackmannanshire 2 12.73x
Dunbartonshire 1 1.96x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. New Monkland in Lanarkshire leads with 25 Mungalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 137.51x.

Place Total Index
New Monkland 25 137.51x
Barony 24 15.42x
Falkirk 24 146.16x
Bathgate 18 289.39x
Muiravonside 12 674.16x
Govan 10 6.57x
Shotts 10 135.87x
Slamannan 9 234.38x
Dunfermline 7 40.44x
Old Monkland 7 28.68x
Pendleton In Salford 6 22.31x
Torphichen 6 600.00x
Beath 5 140.45x
Brackenholme Cum 5 8333.33x
Denny 5 134.05x
Skipton 4 67.45x
Glasgow 3 2.75x
South Leith 3 10.46x
Dollar 2 122.70x
Penicuik 2 57.80x
Thornton In Craven 2 132.45x
Ballingry 1 144.93x
Cumbernauld 1 35.71x
Dalziel 1 15.11x
Dysart 1 13.19x
Kilsyth 1 22.37x
Liberton 1 25.45x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Elizabeth 1
Jeane 1
Jessie 1
Viliot 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
Henry 2
James 2
Robert 2
Andrew 1
Daniel 1
John 1
Peter 1
Robt. 1

Top occupations

Occupational titles are kept as recorded and later transcribed, so related jobs, spelling variants and mistakes stay separate. Scholar was the census term for a child in education. That means the other rows often tell you more about adult work in Mungall households.

FAQ

Mungall surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mungall surname in 1881?

In 1881, 196 people were recorded with the Mungall surname. That placed it at #13,006 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mungall surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 277 in 2016. That gives Mungall a modern rank of #15,619.

What does the Mungall surname mean?

A Scottish habitational name for someone residing near a large cairn or rock.

What does the Mungall map show?

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