Millhouse Surname

137,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,270 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Millhouse Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mill-house,' the cottage where the miller lived, close beside the mill, or the body of the mill itself. 'Myllehowse, moleudma, molendinum': Promptorium Parvulorum.

John de Molendino, Oxfordshire, 1273.

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Millhouse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1341:169,85017,172
Australia6451:41,8545,351
England3971:140,34813,648
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
Scotland131:411,83217,291
France41:16,605,680368,153
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2821:86,4379,090
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4981:100,84110,216

Millhouse (11) may also be a first name.

Millhouse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the mill-house,' the cottage where the miller lived, close beside the mill, or the body of the mill itself. 'Myllehowse, moleudma, molendinum': Promptorium Parvulorum.

John de Molendino, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William de Molendino, Oxfordshire, ibid.

1624. John Milnhouse, James Citty, Virginia: Hotten's Lists of Emigrants.

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

(English) Dweller at the Mill- House [Old English myl(e)n + hús]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

William Milhous, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Margery Milys, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Millhouse Last Name Facts

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

Millhouse is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Millhouse? popularity and diffusion

The surname Millhouse is the 137,109th most commonly occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,228,607 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Millhouse are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Millhouse is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.

The last name Millhouse is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 2,134 people, or 1 in 169,850. In The United States Millhouse is most common in: Ohio, where 12 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 20 percent live and England, where 12 percent live.

Millhouse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Millhouse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Millhouse last name increased 429 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 141 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Millhouse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Millhouse surname are 19.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.74% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Millhouse earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.67% less than the national average, earning R 162,372 per year; in United States they earn 0.79% less than the national average, earning $42,806 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.17% less than the national average, earning $40,658 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Millhouser9566/
Millhous946/
Mellhouse891/
Millhause890/
Millous8877/
Millhus882/
Millhauser84115/
Mellhouser840/
Milliose8216/
Millhaus822/
Millos80849/
Millus80278/
Mlouse809/
Millius75819/
Millois75475/
Millosa75268/
Millios75144/
Mellous7529/
Millush7523/
Melluse7519/
Millusa7514/
Millosi756/
Milloss752/
Millyus751/
Milleus751/
Millosz751/
Milloes751/
Millise750/
Milloys750/
Millheiser74121/
Millheaser740/
Millache71391/
Mlose71186/
Milliosa719/
Millossi714/
Millhage711/
Millossa711/
Mlhos711/
Melluise711/
Milleise710/
Millas672,351/
Mellos671,118/
Milloz67110/
Mellus67109/
Millox6758/
Mellhuish6719/
Millás6716/
Mlause6715/
Millacher6713/
Mellouche678/
Melloussi676/
Millàs674/
Milliossi671/
Mllius671/
Mlousa671/
Mellougeh671/
Mloses671/
Mlloje671/
Millachey670/
Milleiser670/

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