How common is the surname Millican?

3,779 people in the United States had the surname Millican in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. It ranked 8,690th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Millican?

James Millican, American actor.

Where is the surname Millican most common?

Wikidata records people named Millican in the United States.

Is the surname Millican getting more or less common?

More common. 3,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,779 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Millican

An Irish surname, carried by 3,779 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millican is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,779 people named Millican in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,710.

#8,690

rank among US surnames

3,779

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,221)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,687	Zazueta	3,782	81,636
#8,688	Gardea	3,781	81,657
#8,689	Hersey	3,780	81,679
#8,690	Swink	3,779	81,700
#8,694	Veras	3,776	81,765

Who is named Millican

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

91% of people named Millican identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Millicans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Millican
American actor, 1910–1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Millican

Millican has the Soundex code M425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M425.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Millican come from?: Millican is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Millican?: 3,779 people in the United States had the surname Millican in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 81,700 Americans. It ranked 8,690th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Millican?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Millican identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Millican?: James Millican, American actor.
Where is the surname Millican most common?: Wikidata records people named Millican in the United States.
Is the surname Millican getting more or less common?: More common. 3,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,779 in 2010, up 1.9%.