How common is the surname Milks?

1,403 people in the United States had the surname Milks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. It ranked 19,296th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Milks?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Milks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Milks getting more or less common?

More common. 1,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,403 in 2010, up 0.4%.

The surname Milks

A surname, carried by 1,403 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex M420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milks is more common than 88.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,403 people named Milks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,398.

#19,296

rank among US surnames

1,403

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,298)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,291	Vasko	1,404	219,904
#19,296	Bevers	1,403	220,061

Who is named Milks

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

94% of people named Milks identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Milks

Milks has the Soundex code M420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M420.

Questions

How common is the surname Milks?: 1,403 people in the United States had the surname Milks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 220,061 Americans. It ranked 19,296th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milks?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Milks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Milks getting more or less common?: More common. 1,398 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,403 in 2010, up 0.4%.