Milross Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Milross Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Milross Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770

Milross Last Name Facts

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

The last name Milross is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Milross.

How Common Is The Last Name Milross? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 47 percent of Milross are found; 47 percent are found in Australasia and 47 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name is most commonly held in Australia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 3,856,529. In Australia Milross is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Outside of Australia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 27 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Milross Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Milross has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Milross surname fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Millross93144/
Milrose8640/
Melross8613/
Millros8611/
Milro834/
Mellross8096/
Millrose8023/
Milroy776,661/
Milrod77221/
Milrot7736/
Millro7732/
Melros7713/
Milroi771/
Mlro732/
Melrose715,517/
Millroy71228/
Millrod7150/
Milroth7135/
Milroud719/
Millrot712/
Mielroy711/
Melroes711/
Mellros711/
Milroid711/
Milruis710/
Melro671,477/
Millrood6767/
Millroth6712/
Mlrod677/
Milra673/
Mlero672/
Mellrose671/
Millreus671/
Mmelrose670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Milross
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