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    The surname Millward

    An occupational surname, carried by 1,600 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M463

    Millward: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Millward #17,572, 1,600 people Millward: #17,572 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Millward #17,572, 1,600 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Millward is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    From mill + ward, an occupational surname for someone in charge of a mill.

    Millward is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,600 people named Millward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,360.

    #17,572
    rank among US surnames
    1,600
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,667)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845
    #17,572Highley1,600192,966

    Who is named Millward

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

    96% of people named Millward identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Millwards

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Anna Millward
      Australian cyclist, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Milward

    Surnames that sound like Millward

    Millward has the Soundex code M463, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M463.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Millward come from?
    From mill + ward, an occupational surname for someone in charge of a mill.
    How common is the surname Millward?
    1,600 people in the United States had the surname Millward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,966 Americans. It ranked 17,572nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Millward?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Millward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Millward?
    Anna Millward, Australian cyclist.
    Where is the surname Millward most common?
    Wikidata records people named Millward in Australia.
    What type of surname is Millward?
    Millward is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Millward getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,360 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,600 in 2010, up 18%.
    What are other spellings of Millward?
    Milward.