How common is the surname Milburn?

7,871 people in the United States had the surname Milburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,226 Americans. It ranked 4,507th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Milburn?

Rod Milburn, American athlete (1950–1997), followed by Amos Milburn.

Where is the surname Milburn most common?

Wikidata records people named Milburn in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Milburn getting more or less common?

More common. 7,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,871 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Milburn

An English place surname, carried by 7,871 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M416

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milburn is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.

Milburn is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,871 people named Milburn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,226 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,754.

#4,507

rank among US surnames

7,871

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,232)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,498	Garman	7,884	39,161
#4,500	Sanches	7,883	39,166
#4,501	Gunther	7,882	39,171
#4,502	Ethridge	7,878	39,191
#4,503	Arriola	7,877	39,196
#4,504	Heilman	7,876	39,201
#4,505	Prentice	7,874	39,211

Who is named Milburn

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

83% of people named Milburn identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Milburns

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rod Milburn
American athlete (1950–1997)
Amos Milburn
American rhythm and blues singer, and pianist (1927–1980)
Joel Milburn
Australian sprinter, born 1986
Oliver Milburn
British actor, born 1973

Notable Milburns come mostly from the United States (2), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Milburn

Milburn has the Soundex code M416, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M416.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Milburn come from?: From Old English mylen (“mill”) + burna (“stream, brook”); compare the doublet Milbourne.
How common is the surname Milburn?: 7,871 people in the United States had the surname Milburn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,226 Americans. It ranked 4,507th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milburn?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Milburn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Milburn?: Rod Milburn, American athlete (1950–1997), followed by Amos Milburn.
Where is the surname Milburn most common?: Wikidata records people named Milburn in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Milburn?: Milburn is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Milburn getting more or less common?: More common. 7,754 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,871 in 2010, up 1.5%.