Kingsmill
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from King's Mill in Marnhull, Dorset, or King's Mill in Barton; first attested Peter de Kyngesmulne 1249 AssW
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026
/cʰɪŋsmʲɪɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kingsmill is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- IEIreland
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from King's Mill in Marnhull, Dorset, or King's Mill in Barton; first attested Peter de Kyngesmulne 1249 AssW
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Kingsmill is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A habitational surname.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronetb. 1730GBofficer of the British Royal Navy (1730-1805)
- Joseph Kingsmillb. 1806Irish prison chaplain and penologist
- Walter Kingsmillb. 1864AUAustralian politician (1864-1935)
- Lydia Kingsmill Commanderb. 1869CACanadian-born journalist, minister, and activist
- Hugh Kingsmillb. 1889GBBritish writer and journalist
- Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Mooreb. 1893IEIrish judge, politician and author (1893–1979)
- William Kingsmillb. 1905GBBritish politician and businessman (1905-1971)
- Diana Kingsmill Wrightb. 1908CACanadian athlete, journalist and activist
- Harold Raymond Kingsmill Batesb. 1916GBBritish naval officer (1916-2006)
- Denise Kingsmillb. 1947NZBritish Baroness (born 1947)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 230 | #77,472 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 216 | #86,314 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 199 | #97,730 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 2 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #348,423 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 2 | #345,668 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kingsmill mean, and where does it come from?
- from King's Mill in Marnhull, Dorset, or King's Mill in Barton; first attested Peter de Kyngesmulne 1249 AssW Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- How do you pronounce Kingsmill?
- A machine transcription gives /cʰɪŋsmʲɪɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Kingsmill have the most bearers?
- Kingsmill is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kingsmill”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.