How common is the surname Millikan?

1,699 people in the United States had the surname Millikan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. It ranked 16,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Millikan?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Millikan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Millikan?

Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist (1868–1953), followed by Ruth Millikan.

Where is the surname Millikan most common?

Wikidata records people named Millikan in the United States.

Is the surname Millikan getting more or less common?

More common. 1,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,699 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Millikan

An Irish surname, carried by 1,699 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). Millikan is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Milligan.

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 1,699 people named Millikan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,672.

#16,802

rank among US surnames

1,699

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #15,963)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615
#16,802	Legler	1,699	181,722
#16,809	Porcaro	1,698	181,829

Who is named Millikan

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

95% of people named Millikan identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Millikans

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Andrews Millikan
American physicist (1868–1953)
Ruth Millikan
American philosopher (1933-)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Millikan

Millikan 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 Millikan come from?: Variant of Milligan.
How common is the surname Millikan?: 1,699 people in the United States had the surname Millikan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,722 Americans. It ranked 16,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Millikan?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Millikan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Millikan?: Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist (1868–1953), followed by Ruth Millikan.
Where is the surname Millikan most common?: Wikidata records people named Millikan in the United States.
Is the surname Millikan getting more or less common?: More common. 1,672 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,699 in 2010, up 1.6%.