The McMullin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,119 people carried this name — #6,616 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,017 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McMullin surname

A surname from Irish, variant of McMillan.

From the Irish variant of McMillan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McMullin» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McMullin was counted together with McMullen: 164 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 887 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McMullen, McMollen, McMullan, McMulland, Mcmullen, M'Mullen, McMullens, McMullin, McMullind, McMulling, McMullon, McMullun, McMulyen. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 87
New York 24
Maryland 14
South Carolina 10
North Carolina 9
New Hampshire 7
Massachusetts 7
Virginia 3
Maine 2
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 253 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McMullin in American newspapers,
1878–1913.

Newspaper page from Okolona Messenger carrying the name McMullin
Okolona Messenger 1908-09-09
Newspaper page from The Hattiesburg News carrying the name McMullin
The Hattiesburg News 1913-05-24
Newspaper page from Bristol News carrying the name McMullin
Bristol News 1878-10-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

McMullin in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

3,292 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMullin. The most, 861, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,296
Victoria 918
Queensland 755
South Australia 224
Western Australia 55
ACT (Canberra) 23
Tasmania 11
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMullin.

Who carried it

People named McMullin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Alister McMullin
    Alister McMullin 1900–1984 · farmer
  • Fred McMullin
    Fred McMullin 1891–1952 · baseball player
  • David McMullin 1908–1995 · field hockey player
  • Ernan McMullin 1924–2011 · philosopher
  • John McMullin 1765–1843 · silversmith
  • John McMullin 1849–1881 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McMullin,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States762 records

762 records of the McMullin name in the United States
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 187
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 148
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 92
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert McMullin

    Born 1920 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; driver from Ottawa County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Seneca Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Lizzie McMullin

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Liverpool, Ireland; bound for Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Charles Ernest McMullin

    Born 1948; from Willard, Missouri. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 762 records for McMullin in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada872 records

872 records of the McMullin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 835
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 14
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 12
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James McMullin

    Killed in 1943 at the Tomson Mine, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Delores L. McMullin

    Died 1966, aged 35; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Leonard Calvin McMullin

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 872 records for McMullin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia131 records

131 records of the McMullin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 45
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 40
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 30
  • Tasmanian Names Index 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John McMullin

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Marquis of Hastings, sailing from Portsmouth in 1839. Native of Antrim. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1846.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas McMullin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Holyrood, aged 46; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alan Douglas McMullin

    Director of Armade, Victoria; died 1962.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 131 records for McMullin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the McMullin name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. McMullin

    Royal Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. E. McMullin

    King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the McMullin name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jacqueline Valentine Louise McMullin

    Born 1924 in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique); died 1997 in Quincy-sous-Sénart (Essonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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