Milk Surname

223,829th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Estonia

Milk Surname Definition:

"Certainly might be from Old Norse, mylki, a rustic, one who milks. But upon the whole it is more probably a diminutive of Milo, Miley, Miles." Ferguson.

Milk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4041:897,17667,678
Brazil2431:880,96431,711
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Germany1821:442,33839,473
India1081:7,102,457156,472
Nigeria961:1,845,23766,383
Estonia651:20,3353,530
Pakistan601:2,977,39824,221
England561:994,96549,531
Zimbabwe421:367,57734,250
Canada411:898,67368,969
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Australia291:930,88655,860
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Poland271:1,407,73183,680
Hong Kong231:318,9343,111
Singapore211:262,27211,611
China171:80,430,6804,441
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Mexico131:9,548,17038,962
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Vietnam61:15,441,0093,090
Cambodia51:3,097,4298,690
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Macau31:200,543803
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
France31:22,140,907385,998
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Milk (614) may also be a first name.

Milk Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

"Certainly might be from Old Norse, mylki, a rustic, one who milks. But upon the whole it is more probably a diminutive of Milo, Miley, Miles." Ferguson.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Mellick, the Old German Milike, Modern German Mielecke, Milcke, Milch, which Ferguson takes to be diminutives from the Old German names Milo, Mila, Mello.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the German, Milich, Milke; in the Domesday Book, Melc; a personal name.$

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Milk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Milk Come From? nationality or country of origin

Milk (Arabic: ميلك, Hindi: मिलक) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Milk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Milk is the 223,829th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,006,347 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Milk live; 25 percent live in North America and 24 percent live in Anglo-North America. Milk is also the 337,097th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 614 people.

The last name Milk is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 404 people, or 1 in 897,176. In The United States Milk is most prevalent in: New York, where 20 percent live, Florida, where 15 percent live and South Dakota, where 11 percent live. Besides The United States Milk exists in 72 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 13 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.

Milk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Milk has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Milk surname grew 408 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 31 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Milk Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (91%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (83%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Milk surname are 15.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 62% registered with the party.

The amount Milk earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 331.44% more than the national average, earning S/. 83,635 per year; in South Africa they earn 67.49% less than the national average, earning R 77,256 per year; in United States they earn 1.05% less than the national average, earning $42,694 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8% less than the national average, earning $45,709 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Milke894,066/
Mielk8945/
Milck8928/
Millk8915/
Milkh8910/
Mihlk895/
Milkk891/
Milkp891/
Muilk891/
Mlk86967/
Mielck8079/
Milkhe8076/
Milcke8066/
Miglik8024/
Mihlke8010/
Millck804/
Milcks803/
Millks802/
Millke802/
Mmilke802/
Mislĺk801/
Milkke801/
Mislke800/
Melk752,225/
Milc75296/
Mölk75247/
Mlek75142/
Mälk75108/
Mlkh7595/
Mülk7590/
Mylk7510/
Milq756/
Milg755/
Mlke753/
Hmlk753/
Mlkq752/
Mmlk751/
Mlkk751/
Mlkp751/
Mllk751/
Milkova734,738/
Milková73390/
Melke6710,441/
Mleke671,238/
Melck67293/
Mölck67182/
Moelk67108/
Milcs6770/
Mylke6762/
Mellk6733/
Mlekh6727/
Mylks6719/
Mälck6715/
Mølck679/
Mölke677/
Mälke676/
Millková675/
Melkk674/
Mlkht673/
Miołk672/
Milkhova672/
Millx671/
Milgs671/
Miełk671/
Målïk671/
Meelk671/
Milgz671/
Mielc671/
Mielg670/

Milk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Milk in the Hindi language
मिलकmilaka66.67
मिल्कmilka33.33
Milk in the Arabic language
ميلكmylk-

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