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    The surname Millar

    An occupational surname, carried by 6,883 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M460

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millar is more common than 96.9% of them.

    Origin

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

    Millar is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,883 people named Millar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,856 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,168.

    #5,086
    rank among US surnames
    6,883
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,204)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,077Bischoff6,89744,765
    #5,079Davalos6,89444,785
    #5,080Doolittle6,89344,791
    #5,081Poulin6,89244,798
    #5,082Stoker6,88844,824
    #5,083Corder6,88744,830
    #5,085Belk6,88644,837

    Who is named Millar

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

    90% of people named Millar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Millars

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Margaret Millar
      American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer, 1915–1994
    • Robert Millar
      American soccer player (1890–1967)
    • Ryan Millar
      American volleyball player, born 1978
    • Fergus Millar
      British classical historian (1935–2019)
    • Ross Macdonald
      American writer (1915–1983)

    Notable Millars come mostly from the United States (3), Canada (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Millar

    Millar has the Soundex code M460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M460.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Millar?
    6,883 people in the United States had the surname Millar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,856 Americans. It ranked 5,086th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Millar?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Millar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Millar?
    Margaret Millar, American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer, followed by Robert Millar.
    Where is the surname Millar most common?
    Wikidata records people named Millar in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Millar?
    Millar is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Millar getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,883 in 2010, up 12%.