Mill Surname

35,381st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,939 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Mill Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mill,' from residence thereby.

Roger atte Mille, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John del Mill, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Hugh Atte-myll. rector of Gillingham, Norfolk, 1349: History of Norfolk.

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Mill Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8901:125,41813,322
Pakistan1,9601:91,1453,011
Nigeria1,5301:115,7807,670
Germany1,4791:54,4327,070
Australia1,2381:21,8063,015
England1,0531:52,9146,481
Ghana1,0391:26,0063,108
Scotland6771:7,9081,179
Canada5591:65,9137,641
India3031:2,531,56980,510
New Zealand2601:17,4173,051
South Africa2341:231,52923,959
Argentina1981:215,87617,783
Russia1981:727,89461,314
Spain1461:320,21918,882
Sweden1381:71,3535,384
Estonia1041:12,7101,932
France791:840,79499,796
Taiwan741:316,8212,543
China571:23,988,0981,316
Poland551:691,06859,060
Mexico511:2,433,84720,676
Uruguay481:71,4957,517
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Venezuela451:671,20211,567
Malaysia411:719,37133,828
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Wales271:114,6128,773
Cameroon241:865,37858,754
Iran211:3,656,311102,225
Northern Ireland171:108,5326,545
Indonesia171:7,779,364314,803
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Ireland141:336,35312,021
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Norway91:571,36544,190
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Cuba71:1,646,1028,141
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Peru41:7,946,03141,846
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Macau11:601,6301,582
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland321:138,4337,742
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,0461:3,579589
England7611:32,0314,249
Wales201:78,4213,652
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8691:57,7896,419

Mill (1,217) may also be a first name.

Mill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mill,' from residence thereby.

Roger atte Mille, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John del Mill, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Hugh Atte-myll. rector of Gillingham, Norfolk, 1349: History of Norfolk.

William Atte-Mylle, rector of Mundford, Norfolk, 1412: ibid.

1612. William Mill and Elizabeth Greene: Marriage Lic. (London).

1633. Pointz Mill and Elizabeth Wright: ibid.

Mill is now an extremely scarce surname, Mills having become the accepted form. This final 's' is common in monosyllabic local surnames; compare Holmes, Sykes, Brooks, Lowndes, Knowles, &c.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A corruption for ease of pronunciation of Miln or Milne, which see, the form still in use provincially. Alexander Myll was tenant of the gimal mill of Kinerech, 1483 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 236), John Myl, carpenter in Arbroath in 1510 (RAA., II, 509), and Thomas Myll, reader in Dyce, 1567 (AEI., I). Anapill Myll in the lordship of Huntlie, 1600 (SCM., IV, p. 284). James Mill, father of John Stuart Mill (1806-1873), was born in Angus.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) Dweller at or by a Mill [Middle English mill(e, for earlier miln(e, meinte, myln(e, Old English myl(e)n] Roger atte Mille— Hundred Rolls (French) the French Mille = 1 an aphære- sized form of Emile, formerly also written Emille; Latin Æmili-us [prob. rel. to Greek αίμύλ-ος, flattering, winning, wily] 2 Milo: v. under Miles.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at, or near, a mill.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The old Sussex family of this name originally wrote themselves At-Milne, i.e. ' at the mill.' See however under Mills.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From melyn, a mill.

— Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

William and Geoffry Mil, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Oliver Mile 1198 (Ib.). Hence the baronets Mill.

— The Norman People (1874)
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Mill Demographics

Average Male Mill Height

177.01 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 166 (2014)

Average Female Mill Height

163 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 24 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Mill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mill (Hindi: मिलल, Russian: Милл) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mill? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 35,381st most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 487,820 people. The surname Mill is mostly found in Europe, where 27 percent of Mill live; 21 percent live in North America and 20 percent live in Anglo-North America. Mill is also the 226,942nd most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 1,217 people.

Mill is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 2,890 people, or 1 in 125,418. In The United States it is most common in: Nevada, where 11 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States it occurs in 97 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 13 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.

Mill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Mill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Mill surname expanded 333 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 138 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 35 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 135 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 56 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Mill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Mill surname is chiefly Catholic (37%) in Ireland, Orthodox (80%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Mill are 10.68% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.45% registered with the party.

The amount Mill earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 150.27% more than the national average, earning 866,136 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.17% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,770 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.26% more than the national average, earning R 342,816 per year; in United States they earn 5.71% more than the national average, earning $45,612 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.52% less than the national average, earning $46,442 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Miell89430/
Mgill8919/
Muill8918/
Milld8914/
Millt893/
Misll891/
Millå891/
Mioll891/
Mmill891/
Mil8648,954/
Mll8622/
Miellh801/
Milltt800/
Mell755,419/
Miel753,341/
Mild751,959/
Möll75826/
Müll75511/
Milt75469/
Muil75244/
Møll75231/
Mäll75173/
Milh75162/
Mihl75144/
Misl75112/
Miol75111/
Myll7520/
Mmil7513/
Mgil7511/
Mhll754/
Hmil754/
Milå753/
Mlhl752/
Mlll752/
Mijl751/
Hmll751/
Mllh751/
Mõll751/
Műll751/
Milø751/
Méll751/
Milp751/
Millowa73131/
Millová7323/
Millova7316/
Geemill730/
Ml671,283/
Miehl67486/
Moell67427/
Migli67283/
Muell67260/
Mildh67174/
Hmiel67142/
Mildt67126/
Meell6735/
Mihld6730/
Åmell6718/
Maell6712/
Mellh674/
Melld673/
Mellt672/
Muull671/
Mllbp671/
Melll671/
Miltt671/
Mellp671/
Meull671/
Mailù671/
Muihl670/
Mehll670/
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Mill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mill in the Hindi language
मिललmilala-
Mill in the Russian language
Миллmill-

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