How common is the surname Milton?

20,703 people in the United States had the surname Milton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,913 Americans. It ranked 1,732nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Milton?

DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player (born 1974), followed by Shake Milton.

Where is the surname Milton most common?

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

How do you pronounce Milton?

Milton is /ˈmɪltən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Milton getting more or less common?

More common. 19,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,703 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Milton also a first name?

Yes. Milton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Milton

An English place surname, carried by 20,703 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɪltən/ 2 syllables Soundex M435 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Milton is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Milton 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 20,703 people named Milton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,913 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,899.

#1,732

rank among US surnames

20,703

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #1,652)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,723	McNeal	20,778	14,859
#1,724	Metzger	20,771	14,864
#1,725	Coulter	20,757	14,874
#1,726	Beal	20,752	14,878
#1,727	Crump	20,737	14,889
#1,728	Jorgensen	20,731	14,893
#1,729	Maurer	20,707	14,910

Who is named Milton

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

47% of people named Milton identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Miltons

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1907–1983
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, born 1982
Franklin Milton
American sound engineer (1907-1985)

Notable Miltons come mostly from the United States (8) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Milton

Milton has the Soundex code M435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M435.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Milton come from?: The English place names are from Old English mylen (“mill”) or middel (“middle”) + tun (“settlement”).
How common is the surname Milton?: 20,703 people in the United States had the surname Milton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,913 Americans. It ranked 1,732nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Milton?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Milton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Milton?: DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player (born 1974), followed by Shake Milton.
Where is the surname Milton most common?: Wikidata records people named Milton in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Milton?: Milton is /ˈmɪltən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Milton?: Milton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Milton getting more or less common?: More common. 19,899 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,703 in 2010, up 4.0%.
Is Milton also a first name?: Yes. Milton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.