Last Name MILLET

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Meaning The son of Mille, i.e. Miles, from diminutive Mill-ot or Mil-ot, or perhaps from Mille, the nickname of Millicent, a popular girl's name in the 13th and 14th centuries, especially in Yorkshire. This again would become as diminutive Mill-ot, or Mil-ot, just as in the same county Margaret gave us Magot and Magotson, and Matilda Tillot and Tillotson, the one from the nickname Magg, the other from the nickname Till. On the whole it is probable that Millicent is the parent.
Origin English, Jewish, Spanish, Irish, Creole, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 8,754 (2000 US census) 6,793 (1990 US census)
Count 3,457 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.5%, or 2610 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 10.88%, or 376 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.84%, or 29 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.26%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.53%, or 53 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 10.99%, or 380 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Shortest last names

 The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

Scottish surnames

 Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

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