# Milbourne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/milbourne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 557 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,486 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 554,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | -46.6% (1,044 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Milbourn |

## Etymology

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, bourn”); compare the doublets Milburn and Melbourne.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Milbourne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 39% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Milburn, Melbourne, Milford, Mulford, Malbrough, Mulberry.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.