How common is the surname Milby?

1,859 people in the United States had the surname Milby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. It ranked 15,692nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Milby?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Milby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Milby getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,859 in 2010, down 11%.

The surname Milby

A surname, carried by 1,859 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M410

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milby is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,859 people named Milby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. That is down 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,095.

#15,692

rank among US surnames

1,859

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-11.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,687	Cosenza	1,860	165,992
#15,692	Milby	1,859	166,082
#15,700	Vandenbosch	1,858	166,171

Who is named Milby

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

96% of people named Milby identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Milby

Melby

Milby has the Soundex code M410, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M410.

Questions

How common is the surname Milby?: 1,859 people in the United States had the surname Milby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 166,082 Americans. It ranked 15,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milby?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Milby identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Milby getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,095 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,859 in 2010, down 11%.