# Millar (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Miller.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,883 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,086 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (6,168 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Millar 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Millar in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

## People named Millar

- Margaret Millar, American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer
- Robert Millar, American soccer player (1890–1967)
- Ryan Millar, American volleyball player
- Fergus Millar, British classical historian (1935–2019)
- Ross Macdonald, American writer (1915–1983)

## Similar surnames

Miller, Mallari, Miler, Milroy, Mueller, Muller, Mallory, Moeller, Mohler, Mahler, Moller, Mellor.

## 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.