| ![Show Contents]() Mullet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France The ancestral home of the Mullet family is the French region of Auvergne. Mullet was a name for someone who lived in the administrative regions of Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme. The place-name survives as Aveyron, an administrative region just to the south of the historical location of the province. Early Origins of the Mullet familyThe surname Mullet was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France. Early History of the Mullet familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Mullet research. Another 192 words (14 lines of text) covering the years 1045, 1804 and 1813 are included under the topic Early Mullet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Mullet Spelling VariationsFrench surnames were subject to numerous alterations in spelling because of the various cultural groups that inhabited specific regions. Eventually, each region possessed its own local dialect of the French language. The early development of the French language, however, was also influenced by other languages. For example, Old French was infused with Germanic words and sounds when barbarian tribes invaded and settled in France after the fall of the Roman Empire. Middle French also borrowed heavily from the Italian language during the Renaissance. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Mullet is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Mollette, Molete, Mollet, Mollite, Molet, de Mollette, la Molete, de la Mollet and many more. Early Notables of the Mullet familyMore information is included under the topic Early Mullet Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Mullet RankingIn the United States, the name Mullet is the 18,072nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
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France finally gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the 1700s. Early marriage was encouraged in New France, and youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries, leaving French names scattered across the continent. The search for the Northwest passage continued. Migration from France to New France or Quebec, as it was now more popularly called, continued until 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Mullet were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Mullet were
Mullet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- William Mullet, aged 26, who landed in Massachusetts in 1812 2
- Nicholas Mullet, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1876 2
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Mullet migration to the United States 
