Millicent Surname

990,978th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 259 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Botswana

Millicent Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Millicent' (Yonge, ii. 357-8).

Joan fil. Milicente, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter Milisent, Salop, ibid.

Millesenta Cruche, Norfolk, ibid.

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Millicent Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1361:339,55820,421
Nigeria531:3,342,316100,395
Botswana221:99,40615,343
England181:3,095,448105,421
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
India61:127,844,230863,365
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England291:840,53036,623
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Millicent (161,216) may also be a first name.

Millicent Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Millicent' (Yonge, ii. 357-8).

Joan fil. Milicente, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Peter Milisent, Salop, ibid.

Millesenta Cruche, Norfolk, ibid.

William Millecent, Close Rolls, 29 Edward III.

Mylisant Wyte, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

John Myllicent, bailiff of Yarmouth, 1549: History of Norfolk.

'The story of Sir John Millicent that would have had a patent from King James for every man to have had leave to have given him a shilling': Pep) s' Diary, Aug. 8, 1662.

1583. Married — Richard Davis and Millysent Leather: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1717. Baptised — Mary, d. John Millissent: St. James, Clerkenwell.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) the common French Milcent, Milsent, Milsant = Thousand Saints [Latin de Mille Sanctis] Cp. Toussaint (All Saints), also a common French surname and masc. Christian name, and a Norman (Seine- Inférieure) place-name.

The Anglo-French fem. Christian name Millicent (which has been confused with the above masc. name), earlier Melicent, Melisant, is apparently for the Old Teutonic Amala- swinth [amal(a of uncertain orig.: swinth, strong, as in Gothic swinþ-s = O.H.Ger. -swind = O.-Sax. swíði = Anglo-Saxon swíð]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The personal designation. See Milicent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

MILICENT: The female Christian name. The H.R. form is Fil'Milicent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Petrus Millesent, Normandy 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Petrus Milesant, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Millicent Last Name Facts

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

The last name Millicent is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Millicent.

How Common Is The Last Name Millicent? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 990,978th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Millicent reside; 54 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Millicent is also the 6,528th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 161,216 people.

The surname Millicent is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 339,558. In Kenya Millicent is most numerous in: Nairobi County, where 60 percent reside, Siaya County, where 7 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 3 percent reside. Other than Kenya this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Botswana, where 8 percent reside.

Millicent Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Millicent has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Millicent surname contracted 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Millicent Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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