Surnames

UK surnames beginning with M

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#	Surname	1881 count	Modern count
1	Martin	73,281	112,807
2	Morris	66,607	96,847
3	Moore	58,817	95,984
4	Morgan	59,523	90,375
5	Mitchell	60,795	85,189
6	Miller	53,567	76,610
7	Marshall	50,203	69,693
8	Murray	37,222	65,751
9	Murphy	23,790	65,378
10	Mason	40,247	55,226
11	Matthews	26,049	50,859
12	Mills	38,788	50,617
13	Macdonald	13,320	41,328
14	Mcdonald	48,164	39,769
15	Morrison	23,413	35,896
16	Marsh	21,309	30,628
17	Moss	18,432	24,600
18	May	18,022	24,590
19	Mccarthy	7,804	23,902
20	Mann	15,786	23,756
21	Miles	17,637	23,203
22	Mclean	20,498	23,201
23	Mackenzie	8,998	22,810
24	Middleton	15,713	22,095
25	Morton	16,044	22,023
26	Miah	8	20,930
27	Mckenzie	26,166	20,745
28	Mackay	11,492	19,069
29	Mahmood	0	17,889
30	Macleod	4,695	17,509
31	Morley	11,962	16,905
32	Mckay	17,160	16,854
33	Milne	13,372	16,292
34	Munro	13,414	15,696
35	Moran	5,480	15,152
36	Muir	11,554	14,929
37	Manning	9,465	14,901
38	Millar	11,013	14,848
39	Mclaughlin	2,089	14,791
40	Mohammed	1	14,726
41	Mcmillan	11,540	14,272
42	Malik	0	14,257
43	Mcintosh	11,654	14,244
44	Marsden	12,387	14,113
45	Mckenna	3,932	13,848
46	Mcintyre	11,309	13,727
47	Mistry	0	13,319
48	Mccann	4,170	12,956
49	Mcgregor	13,456	12,884
50	Metcalfe	6,851	12,496
51	Maxwell	7,122	12,477
52	Myers	7,817	12,473
53	Mcmahon	4,001	12,437
54	Mcleod	17,217	12,095
55	Mcdermott	3,387	11,779
56	Mellor	10,568	11,743
57	Mcfarlane	10,972	11,388
58	Mcgowan	3,882	11,227
59	Mcgrath	3,221	10,855
60	Maclean	3,731	10,811
61	Mccabe	3,785	10,745
62	Mohamed	1	10,661
63	Massey	7,642	10,643
64	Maguire	3,040	10,531
65	Marriott	6,689	10,472
66	Mercer	7,893	10,035
67	Mackie	6,633	10,027
68	Mcguire	5,267	9,774
69	Moody	7,791	9,559
70	Mccormack	2,139	9,546
71	Meredith	6,044	9,435
72	Mcbride	3,518	9,359
73	Mclaren	7,798	9,247
74	Mullen	2,855	9,148
75	Mooney	3,467	9,039
76	Marks	6,112	8,890
77	Montgomery	4,774	8,869
78	Mcallister	3,516	8,827
79	Mccormick	4,854	8,755
80	Milner	6,866	8,745
81	Mcculloch	5,650	8,733
82	Mead	6,960	8,693
83	Mccallum	6,610	8,514
84	Mortimer	6,250	8,476
85	Mcewan	4,624	8,168
86	Mcloughlin	1,687	8,022
87	Murdoch	5,107	7,907
88	Mather	7,433	7,892
89	Mansfield	5,616	7,754
90	Masters	5,523	7,743
91	Mcnally	2,113	7,672
92	Mcpherson	10,464	7,639
93	Mcmanus	2,621	7,589
94	Macpherson	2,183	7,371
95	Monaghan	2,171	7,281
96	Malone	2,398	7,191
97	Mchugh	1,796	7,127
98	Moon	6,287	7,126
99	Madden	2,586	7,108
100	Millard	4,946	7,018