Milk Surname
Approximately 1,819 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 404 | 1:897,176 | 67,678 |
| Brazil | 243 | 1:880,964 | 31,711 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Germany | 182 | 1:442,338 | 39,473 |
| India | 108 | 1:7,102,457 | 156,472 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Estonia | 65 | 1:20,335 | 3,530 |
| Pakistan | 60 | 1:2,977,398 | 24,221 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Australia | 29 | 1:930,886 | 55,860 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Hong Kong | 23 | 1:318,934 | 3,111 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Mexico | 13 | 1:9,548,170 | 38,962 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Macau | 3 | 1:200,543 | 803 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 81 | 1:300,930 | 20,318 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 99 | 1:507,259 | 35,553 |
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.
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.
From the German, Milich, Milke; in the Domesday Book, Melc; a personal name.$
Milk Demographics
Average Milk Salary in
United States
$42,694 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milke | 89 | 4,066 | / |
| Mielk | 89 | 45 | / |
| Milck | 89 | 28 | / |
| Millk | 89 | 15 | / |
| Milkh | 89 | 10 | / |
| Mihlk | 89 | 5 | / |
| Milkk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Milkp | 89 | 1 | / |
| Muilk | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mlk | 86 | 967 | / |
| Mielck | 80 | 79 | / |
| Milkhe | 80 | 76 | / |
| Milcke | 80 | 66 | / |
| Miglik | 80 | 24 | / |
| Mihlke | 80 | 10 | / |
| Millck | 80 | 4 | / |
| Milcks | 80 | 3 | / |
| Millks | 80 | 2 | / |
| Millke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mmilke | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mislĺk | 80 | 1 | / |
| Milkke | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mislke | 80 | 0 | / |
| Melk | 75 | 2,225 | / |
| Milc | 75 | 296 | / |
| Mölk | 75 | 247 | / |
| Mlek | 75 | 142 | / |
| Mälk | 75 | 108 | / |
| Mlkh | 75 | 95 | / |
| Mülk | 75 | 90 | / |
| Mylk | 75 | 10 | / |
| Milq | 75 | 6 | / |
| Milg | 75 | 5 | / |
| Mlke | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hmlk | 75 | 3 | / |
| Mlkq | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mmlk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mlkk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mlkp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mllk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Milkova | 73 | 4,738 | / |
| Milková | 73 | 390 | / |
| Melke | 67 | 10,441 | / |
| Mleke | 67 | 1,238 | / |
| Melck | 67 | 293 | / |
| Mölck | 67 | 182 | / |
| Moelk | 67 | 108 | / |
| Milcs | 67 | 70 | / |
| Mylke | 67 | 62 | / |
| Mellk | 67 | 33 | / |
| Mlekh | 67 | 27 | / |
| Mylks | 67 | 19 | / |
| Mälck | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mølck | 67 | 9 | / |
| Mölke | 67 | 7 | / |
| Mälke | 67 | 6 | / |
| Millková | 67 | 5 | / |
| Melkk | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mlkht | 67 | 3 | / |
| Miołk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Milkhova | 67 | 2 | / |
| Millx | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milgs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Miełk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Målïk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meelk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Milgz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mielc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mielg | 67 | 0 | / |
Milk Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Milk in the Hindi language | ||
| मिलक | milaka | 66.67 |
| मिल्क | milka | 33.33 |
| Milk in the Arabic language | ||
| ميلك | mylk | - |
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