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    The surname Milliken

    An Irish surname, carried by 5,857 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M425

    Milliken: #5,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Milliken #5,892, 5,857 people Milliken: #5,892 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Milliken #5,892, 5,857 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milliken is more common than 96.4% 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 5,857 people named Milliken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,714 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,635.

    #5,892
    rank among US surnames
    5,857
    people in 2010
    2.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #5,648)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,888Shupe5,86152,678
    #5,889Albano5,86052,687
    #5,890Plant5,85852,705
    #5,892McCaskill5,85752,714
    #5,894Theriault5,85552,732

    Who is named Milliken

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

    91% of people named Milliken identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Millikens

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Milliken
      American politician (1922-2019)
    • Carl E. Milliken
      American politician, 51st Governor of Maine (1877–1961)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Milliken

    Milliken 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 Milliken come from?
    Variant of Milligan.
    How common is the surname Milliken?
    5,857 people in the United States had the surname Milliken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,714 Americans. It ranked 5,892nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Milliken?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Milliken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Milliken?
    William Milliken, American politician (1922-2019), followed by Carl E. Milliken.
    Where is the surname Milliken most common?
    Wikidata records people named Milliken in the United States.
    Is the surname Milliken getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,857 in 2010, up 3.9%.