How common is the surname Milligan?

22,416 people in the United States had the surname Milligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,773 Americans. It ranked 1,597th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Milligan?

Mark Milligan, Australian association football player.

Where is the surname Milligan most common?

Wikidata records people named Milligan in Australia.

Is the surname Milligan getting more or less common?

More common. 21,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,416 in 2010, up 2.4%.

What are other spellings of Milligan?

Millikan, Milliken and Millikin.

The surname Milligan

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 22,416 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). Milligan is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).

Milligan is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

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 22,416 people named Milligan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,773 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,887.

#1,597

rank among US surnames

22,416

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,497)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,588	Billings	22,553	13,690
#1,589	Connell	22,552	13,690
#1,590	Temple	22,549	13,692
#1,591	Boswell	22,540	13,698
#1,592	Koenig	22,499	13,723
#1,594	Erwin	22,496	13,724
#1,595	Tellez	22,494	13,726

Who is named Milligan

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

81% of people named Milligan identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 81%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Milligans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Milligan
Australian association football player, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Milligan

Milligan 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 Milligan come from?: From Irish Ó Maolagáin (“descendant of Maolagán”).
How common is the surname Milligan?: 22,416 people in the United States had the surname Milligan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,773 Americans. It ranked 1,597th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milligan?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Milligan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Milligan?: Mark Milligan, Australian association football player.
Where is the surname Milligan most common?: Wikidata records people named Milligan in Australia.
What type of surname is Milligan?: Milligan is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Milligan getting more or less common?: More common. 21,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,416 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of Milligan?: Millikan, Milliken and Millikin.