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    The surname Millsap

    A surname, carried by 4,685 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M421

    Millsap: #7,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Millsap #7,138, 4,685 people Millsap: #7,138 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Millsap #7,138, 4,685 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millsap is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,685 people named Millsap in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,901 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,490.

    #7,138
    rank among US surnames
    4,685
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #6,896)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,132Schulman4,68965,845
    #7,133Brunelle4,68865,859
    #7,135Killingsworth4,68665,887
    #7,138Millsap4,68565,901
    #7,140Boggess4,68465,915

    Who is named Millsap

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

    77% of people named Millsap identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Millsaps

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Paul Millsap
      American basketball player, born 1985
    • Elijah Millsap
      American basketball player (born 1987)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Millsap

    Millsap has the Soundex code M421, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M421.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Millsap?
    4,685 people in the United States had the surname Millsap in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,901 Americans. It ranked 7,138th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Millsap?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Millsap identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Millsap?
    Paul Millsap, American basketball player, followed by Elijah Millsap.
    Where is the surname Millsap most common?
    Wikidata records people named Millsap in the United States.
    Is the surname Millsap getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,490 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,685 in 2010, up 4.3%.