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    The surname Milam

    A surname, carried by 11,787 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M450

    Milam: #3,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Milam #3,038, 11,787 people Milam: #3,038 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Milam #3,038, 11,787 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milam is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,787 people named Milam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,194 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,554.

    #3,038
    rank among US surnames
    11,787
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,852)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,029Bolanos11,82926,101
    #3,031Shanks11,82226,116
    #3,032O'Sullivan11,81826,125
    #3,033Delvalle11,81626,129
    #3,034Hite11,81026,143
    #3,035Arenas11,80926,145
    #3,036Tomlin11,79726,172

    Who is named Milam

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Milam identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Milam

    Milam has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Milam?
    11,787 people in the United States had the surname Milam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,194 Americans. It ranked 3,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Milam?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Milam identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Milam getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,554 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,787 in 2010, up 2.0%.