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    The surname Millington

    An English place surname, carried by 2,741 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M452

    Millington: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Millington #11,478, 2,741 people Millington: #11,478 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Millington #11,478, 2,741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millington is more common than 92.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Millington is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,741 people named Millington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,506.

    #11,478
    rank among US surnames
    2,741
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.4%
    change since 2000 (was #11,518)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,472Mattis2,744112,517
    #11,474McConville2,743112,558
    #11,476Araya2,742112,599
    #11,478Heineman2,741112,640
    #11,484Decicco2,740112,681

    Who is named Millington

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

    76% of people named Millington identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    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 Millingtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • June Millington
      American musician, born 1948

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Millington

    Millington has the Soundex code M452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M452.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Millington come from?
    From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Millington?
    2,741 people in the United States had the surname Millington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,640 Americans. It ranked 11,478th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Millington?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Millington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Millington?
    June Millington, American musician.
    Where is the surname Millington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Millington in the United States.
    What type of surname is Millington?
    Millington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Millington getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,741 in 2010, up 9.4%.