How common is the surname Millet?

4,631 people in the United States had the surname Millet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,669 Americans. It ranked 7,207th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Millet?

In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Millet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Millet?

Francis Davis Millet, American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1848-19, followed by Lydia Millet.

Where is the surname Millet most common?

Wikidata records people named Millet in the United States.

Is the surname Millet getting more or less common?

More common. 3,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,631 in 2010, up 34%.

The surname Millet

A surname, carried by 4,631 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millet is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,631 people named Millet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,669 Americans. That is up 34% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,457.

#7,207

rank among US surnames

4,631

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+34%

change since 2000 (was #8,754)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,198	Middlebrooks	4,643	66,497
#7,199	Tristan	4,642	66,511
#7,200	Serafin	4,641	66,526
#7,201	Tryon	4,638	66,569
#7,203	Rigney	4,637	66,583
#7,204	Nord	4,635	66,612
#7,205	Nickles	4,634	66,626

Who is named Millet

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

74% of people named Millet identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Millets

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Francis Davis Millet
American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1848-19
Lydia Millet
American writer (1968-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Millet

Millet has the Soundex code M430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M430.

Questions

How common is the surname Millet?: 4,631 people in the United States had the surname Millet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,669 Americans. It ranked 7,207th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Millet?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Millet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Millet?: Francis Davis Millet, American painter, sculptor, and writer who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic (1848-19, followed by Lydia Millet.
Where is the surname Millet most common?: Wikidata records people named Millet in the United States.
Is the surname Millet getting more or less common?: More common. 3,457 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,631 in 2010, up 34%.