Explore the Family Name Milling

The meaning of Milling

1. Irish (Down and Louth): variant of Mullen. 2. German: habitational name from a place called Millingen in the Rhineland. 3. English: variant of Millin, or possibly Melling.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Milling showed a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Milling ranked 22,174 in popularity before slipping to 23,725 in 2010, which is a decline of approximately 7 percent. In terms of raw count, there were 1,087 individuals with the surname Milling in 2000, but this figure fell slightly to 1,067 by 2010, a decrease of nearly 2 percent. The proportion of individuals with this surname per 100,000 had also declined by 10 percent during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,174	#23,725	-6.99%
Count	1,087	1,067	-1.84%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.36	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Milling

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Milling, also based on the Decennial U.S. Census, saw some fluctuations between 2000 and 2010. The white population with this surname increased marginally from 75.07 percent to 75.35 percent. The percentage of those identifying as black decreased from 21.53 percent to 20.71 percent. The number of people identifying as Hispanic also dropped from 1.47 percent to 1.22 percent. There was, however, an increase in people of two or more races from 1.56 percent to 2.06 percent. While there was no representation from the Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnic groups for this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	75.07%	75.35%	0.37%
Black	21.53%	20.71%	-3.81%
Two or More Races	1.56%	2.06%	32.05%
Hispanic	1.47%	1.22%	-17.01%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%