Last Name MILLS

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Meaning	Local: At the mill, from residence thereby. he final 's' (probably genitive) is common to all monosyllabic local surnames: Briggs, Styles, Holnes, etc. Also, 'the son of Miles,' a once popular font-namem or 'the son of Millicent,' from the nickname Mille or Milly. Local: Living near a mill. Gaelic, 'Milidh,' a soldier, the 'd' being silent.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Belgian, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	165 (2000 US census)	152 (1990 US census)

Count	147,909 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.7%, or 117883 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.09%, or 23799 total occurrences, as black,
0.4%, or 592 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.79%, or 1168 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.5%, or 2219 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 2248 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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