# Milton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/milton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English, from the multiple places in Britain named "Milton".

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 20,703 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,732 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,913 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (19,899 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪltən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Milton in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Milton in the United States and Australia.

## People named Milton

- DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player (born 1974)
- Shake Milton, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Tommy Milton, American racecar driver (1893-1962)
- Roy Milton, American R&B and jump blues singer, drummer and bandleader
- Michael Milton, Australian Paralympic skier, cyclist and triathlete (born 1973)
- William Hall Milton, American politician (1864-1942)
- John Milton, American politician (1881–1977)
- Trevor Milton, American entrepreneur
- Franklin Milton, American sound engineer (1907-1985)

## Similar surnames

Melton, Moulton, Malton, Miltenberger, Maldonado, Mauldin, Muldoon, Molden, Moldenhauer, Muldowney.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.