How common is the surname Millin?

617 people in the United States had the surname Millin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Millin getting more or less common?

Less common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 6.2%.

The surname Millin

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 617 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millin is more common than 77.6% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilfhinn (“descendant of Maoilfhinn”), a personal name composed by the elements maol (“chief”) + fionn (“fair, white”).

Millin 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 617 people named Millin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. That is down 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 658.

#36,286

rank among US surnames

617

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-6.2%

change since 2000 (was #32,856)

Who is named Millin

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

82% of people named Millin identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Millin

Millin has the Soundex code M450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M450.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Millin come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilfhinn (“descendant of Maoilfhinn”), a personal name composed by the elements maol (“chief”) + fionn (“fair, white”).
How common is the surname Millin?: 617 people in the United States had the surname Millin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 500,398 Americans. It ranked 36,286th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Millin?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Millin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Millin?: Millin is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Millin getting more or less common?: Less common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 617 in 2010, down 6.2%.