How common is the surname Millett?

3,834 people in the United States had the surname Millett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,528 Americans. It ranked 8,590th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Millett getting more or less common?

More common. 3,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,834 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Millett

A surname, carried by 3,834 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). Millett is more common than 94.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,834 people named Millett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 80,528 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,592.

#8,590

rank among US surnames

3,834

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,448)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,586	Kenna	3,837	80,465
#8,587	Leyba	3,836	80,486
#8,589	Willette	3,835	80,507
#8,590	Weise	3,834	80,528
#8,593	Cueto	3,833	80,549
#8,594	Haack	3,832	80,570

Who is named Millett

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

90% of people named Millett identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Millett

Millett 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 Millett?: 3,834 people in the United States had the surname Millett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 80,528 Americans. It ranked 8,590th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Millett?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Millett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Millett getting more or less common?: More common. 3,592 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,834 in 2010, up 6.7%.