Explore the Family Name Milla

The meaning of Milla

Catalan (Millà): from a shortened form of a personal name from Latin Aemilianus (see Milian). Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Carlos, Jose, Luis, Aura, Julio, Miguel, Domingo, Esteban, Jesus, Jorge, Jorge Alberto, Juan.

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How common is the last name Milla in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Milla has grown in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the name improved significantly, moving up from 28,584th place to 21,759th place, a change of almost 24%. In terms of raw count, there was an increase of over 52% in people bearing the surname, from 785 in 2000 to 1,195 in 2010. This translates into a proportionate increase from 0.29 to 0.41 per 100,000 people, indicating a rise in popularity of over 41%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,584	#21,759	23.88%
Count	785	1,195	52.23%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.41	41.38%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Milla

With regard to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the distribution among those with the surname Milla changed somewhat between 2000 and 2010. The proportion of people identifying as Hispanic increased by about 9%, making it the most common ethnic identity associated with the surname at 67.20%. Meanwhile, the proportion identifying as White decreased by nearly 13%, and Asian/Pacific Islander saw a decrease of approximately 25%. The percentage of individuals identifying with two or more races also reduced by about 15%. There were no reported instances of the surname among those identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native during both census periods.

	2000	2010	Change
Hispanic	61.53%	67.2%	9.22%
White	27.64%	24.1%	-12.81%
Asian/Pacific Islander	7.64%	5.77%	-24.48%
Two or More Races	1.78%	1.51%	-15.17%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%