Milton Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Milton Forename

1,371^st

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 704,034 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

Brazil

Highest density in:

Ecuador

Milton Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: Mill town. The surname of a celebrated English poet.

Milton Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Brazil	100%	184,126	1:1,164	178
United States	100%	103,038	1:3,518	574
Mozambique	-	56,159	1:485	90
Ecuador	-	55,138	1:322	58
Colombia	100%	45,369	1:1,053	170
Uganda	99%	34,836	1:1,176	200
Bangladesh	100%	26,211	1:6,084	818
Peru	100%	18,363	1:1,731	340
Angola	100%	15,116	1:1,784	359
Bolivia	100%	14,077	1:753	190
Guatemala	100%	10,870	1:1,482	304
Mexico	100%	10,425	1:11,908	959
Honduras	100%	10,063	1:876	152
Kenya	100%	8,569	1:5,404	832
Zimbabwe	100%	8,564	1:1,801	332
El Salvador	-	8,280	1:766	133
Nicaragua	100%	7,704	1:781	152
Sierra Leone	-	7,104	1:998	219
South Africa	100%	6,598	1:8,265	1,467
Uruguay	100%	6,581	1:521	115
Chile	100%	5,819	1:3,026	381
Dominican Republic	-	4,837	1:2,157	352
India	100%	4,515	1:269,076	25,849
Zambia	-	4,188	1:3,786	587
Argentina	100%	4,127	1:10,364	663
Canada	100%	3,824	1:8,665	1,069
Jamaica	-	3,444	1:837	218
Venezuela	100%	3,116	1:9,693	1,045
Sudan	100%	2,975	1:12,708	1,431
Costa Rica	100%	2,366	1:2,015	363
Portugal	-	2,232	1:4,664	396
Liberia	99%	2,166	1:2,037	316
Tanzania	99%	1,941	1:27,196	2,486
Malawi	100%	1,713	1:9,990	1,113
England	100%	1,455	1:38,215	1,968
Sri Lanka	-	1,431	1:14,535	2,037
Australia	-	1,169	1:11,683	1,032
Panama	100%	1,057	1:3,696	685
Philippines	100%	998	1:106,222	5,832
Paraguay	99%	821	1:8,815	921
Ghana	100%	787	1:34,290	2,099
Saudi Arabia	-	699	1:44,081	5,366
DR Congo	99%	664	1:111,186	5,786
Suriname	100%	658	1:840	143
Spain	100%	600	1:77,550	2,556
Indonesia	-	536	1:481,276	36,620
Puerto Rico	-	526	1:6,750	533
Papua New Guinea	99%	489	1:16,671	1,659
Cuba	-	472	1:24,378	1,159
Cameroon	100%	456	1:47,391	3,159
New Zealand	-	432	1:10,500	1,099
Solomon Islands	100%	430	1:1,351	257
Netherlands	100%	382	1:44,246	3,160
Nigeria	97%	336	1:528,465	16,300
Guyana	100%	331	1:2,306	451
Bahamas	-	241	1:1,657	389
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	239	1:5,696	969
Bahrain	-	237	1:5,691	904
Cape Verde	-	229	1:2,311	382
Malaysia	99%	225	1:135,333	8,763
Botswana	100%	206	1:10,604	1,504
Haiti	100%	198	1:54,177	3,539
Poland	100%	188	1:202,272	3,614
Sweden	100%	169	1:58,331	2,936
French Polynesia	-	168	1:1,654	389
Swaziland	-	154	1:8,443	1,221
Barbados	-	150	1:1,932	428
São Tomé and Príncipe	100%	120	1:1,600	319
Germany	100%	116	1:833,430	7,084
Israel	99%	114	1:73,710	3,736
Namibia	-	106	1:22,681	1,968
Italy	100%	104	1:587,135	5,979
Japan	-	103	1:1,242,583	16,369
China	-	99	1:13,798,543	59,931
Belize	100%	92	1:3,851	835
France	100%	88	1:755,345	6,730
Kuwait	-	76	1:49,806	4,237
Singapore	100%	75	1:83,827	7,183
United States Virgin Islands	-	74	1:1,483	304
Antigua and Barbuda	-	73	1:1,362	297
Thailand	100%	64	1:1,094,778	38,532
Hong Kong	-	62	1:125,044	2,948
Scotland	100%	58	1:92,248	2,255
Denmark	-	56	1:100,884	2,907
Aruba	-	54	1:1,922	390
Wales	100%	50	1:61,886	1,949
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	49	1:2,277	426
United Arab Emirates	-	49	1:145,959	10,004
Switzerland	100%	48	1:171,114	4,270
Grenada	100%	44	1:2,457	495
Lebanon	100%	43	1:130,874	3,598
Greece	100%	37	1:295,528	5,032
Bermuda	-	36	1:1,801	401
Saint Lucia	100%	31	1:5,736	925
Turks and Caicos Islands	100%	31	1:1,120	274
Marshall Islands	100%	30	1:1,708	255
Albania	100%	28	1:108,806	7,321
Belgium	100%	28	1:410,359	7,204
Pakistan	97%	28	1:6,941,346	58,753
Saint Kitts and Nevis	100%	28	1:1,959	443
Finland	100%	22	1:249,236	3,896
British Virgin Islands	100%	20	1:1,562	349
Norway	100%	20	1:256,616	5,928
Russia	100%	17	1:8,484,336	34,226
Oman	-	16	1:256,792	3,659
Taiwan	100%	16	1:1,485,605	45,572
Cayman Islands	-	14	1:4,378	794
Ireland	100%	13	1:357,194	5,120
Afghanistan	100%	13	1:2,509,501	20,196
Austria	100%	10	1:851,420	6,482
Cyprus	100%	10	1:87,108	2,498
Iceland	-	10	1:36,602	2,190
South Korea	-	10	1:554,442	13,303
Rwanda	-	9	1:1,263,493	1,939
Andorra	-	8	1:10,361	626
Bulgaria	100%	8	1:873,799	10,237
Curaçao	-	8	1:19,475	726
Croatia	100%	7	1:602,439	6,285
Guam	-	7	1:22,949	2,164
American Samoa	-	6	1:9,308	1,982
Czechia	82%	6	1:1,776,027	4,577
Northern Mariana Islands	-	6	1:9,111	1,173
Anguilla	100%	5	1:2,651	523
Qatar	100%	5	1:473,921	38,106
Iraq	-	4	1:8,754,465	16,071
Kiribati	-	4	1:28,348	503
Macau	-	4	1:152,052	991
Morocco	-	4	1:8,587,159	11,086
Myanmar	-	4	1:12,987,068	1,965
Vanuatu	-	4	1:65,448	976
Brunei	-	3	1:139,857	2,352
Cambodia	67%	3	1:5,424,443	41,412
Lesotho	100%	3	1:679,999	29,822
Luxembourg	100%	3	1:188,016	3,003
Nauru	100%	3	1:3,976	333
Nepal	-	3	1:9,495,784	71,056
Turkey	100%	3	1:25,933,903	52,822
Vietnam	100%	3	1:30,874,371	5,995
Georgia	-	2	1:1,869,233	20,119
Hungary	-	2	1:4,895,886	4,852
Ivory Coast	-	2	1:11,537,966	95,271
Micronesia	-	2	1:53,250	1,276
Niger	-	2	1:9,591,997	55,581
Slovakia	-	2	1:2,655,032	6,915
Northern Ireland	100%	1	1:1,843,146	3,737
Algeria	-	1	1:38,176,720	32,669
Belarus	-	1	1:9,482,384	20,892
Benin	-	1	1:10,575,843	90,010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1:3,524,458	8,651
Burundi	-	1	1:9,906,559	2,558
Dominica	-	1	1:75,471	1,341
East Timor	-	1	1:1,218,375	811
Estonia	-	1	1:1,315,380	8,883
Ethiopia	-	1	1:97,560,133	29,608
Falkland Islands	-	1	1:3,142	392
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
Gambia	-	1	1:1,926,596	1,391
Jordan	-	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Kazakhstan	-	1	1:17,746,845	44,366
Kyrgyzstan	-	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
Lithuania	-	1	1:2,951,882	5,377
Mauritius	-	1	1:1,297,784	13,721
Montserrat	-	1	1:4,876	752
New Caledonia	-	1	1:270,164	3,221
Norfolk Island	-	1	1:2,324	291
Palau	-	1	1:21,711	239
Romania	-	1	1:20,051,976	55,376
Saint Martin	-	1	1:35,746	277
Slovenia	-	1	1:2,458,758	6,723
Togo	-	1	1:7,239,239	8,047

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The alternate forms: Mílton (43), Miltón (22) & Miltòn (1) are calculated separately.

Milton (64,556) may also be a surname.

Milton Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A Teutonic name, meaning: Mill town. The surname of a celebrated English poet.

— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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Milton Forename Popularity

Milton Demographics

Milton Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 4 (1901)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Mílton	94	43	/
Miltón	94	22	/
Miltòn	94	1	/
Milthon	92	1,934	/
Miltone	92	721	/
Millton	92	208	/
Miltton	92	51	/
Miltong	92	42	/
Miltonn	92	14	/
Mielton	92	14	/
Milhton	92	12	/
Miltonh	92	9	/
Hmilton	92	5	/
Miolton	92	4	/
Miltoin	92	3	/
Mildton	92	3	/
Miltonk	92	2	/
Miltonc	92	2	/
Muilton	92	2	/
Mmilton	92	2	/
Miltoon	92	2	/
Miltond	92	1	/
Miltont	92	1	/
Miwlton	92	1	/
Miltosn	92	1	/
Mlton	91	42	/
Miltonne	86	10	/
Mielthon	86	2	/
Milltone	86	2	/
Milthone	86	1	/
Milthong	86	1	/
Milthonn	86	1	/
Millthon	86	1	/
Melton	83	5,886	/
Miltan	83	4,833	/
Miltom	83	1,197	/
Mylton	83	179	/
Miltão	83	33	/
Mltonh	83	29	/
Miltun	83	24	/
Mllton	83	4	/
Milttan	77	333	/
Maelton	77	153	/
Melthon	77	31	/
Meltone	77	14	/
Milltun	77	14	/
Mylthon	77	11	/
Milthom	77	9	/
Mellton	77	5	/
Milthan	77	4	/
Meltong	77	3	/
Milthun	77	3	/
Miltane	77	2	/
Myllton	77	2	/
Melhton	77	2	/
Moelton	77	1	/
Mialtan	77	1	/
Hmiltom	77	1	/
Myltonn	77	1	/
Miltaan	77	1	/
Miltann	77	1	/
Milttom	77	1	/
Meltond	77	1	/
Meltoon	77	1	/
Meltton	77	1	/
Meldton	77	1	/
Meelton	77	1	/
Miltang	77	1	/
Meltonc	77	1	/
Myltone	77	1	/
Milltom	77	1	/
Mltan	73	181	/
Myltuong	71	3	/
Maeltton	71	2	/
Mialtyan	71	1	/
Miltanne	71	1	/
Milthane	71	1	/
Melltone	71	1	/
Megliton	71	1	/
Moalyton	71	1	/
Milladon	71	1	/
Miltuana	71	1	/
Meltan	67	58	/
Mltanh	67	33	/
Miltam	67	7	/
Meltun	67	7	/
Meltom	67	7	/
Maliwaton	67	1	/
Miultinei	67	1	/
Miltum	67	1	/

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Milton Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Milton in the Russian language
Милтон	milton	-

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