Miller (surname)

For a list of people with the surname Miller, see List of people with surname Miller.

Miller
Millers in WWI
Origin
MeaningMiller
Region of originUnited Kingdom (England or Scotland); other European countries, including Germany and Switzerland (when anglicized from Müller, Meller, Mueller)
Other names
Variant form(s)Müller, Meller, Mueller
[1][2][3][4] [5][6]

Miller and Millar are surnames of English, German, Irish or Scottish origin.

Miller is a common surname in: the United States (where it is the 7th most common surname), Bahamas (14th), Falkland Islands/United Kingdom (17th), Cayman Islands and Canada (18th), Jamaica (22nd), Scotland/United Kingdom (24th), New Zealand (36th) and Australia (38th).[4][7]

  1. ^ World Family Names: Miller
  2. ^ "Great Britain Family Names - Public Profiler". Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  3. ^ British Surnames - Miller
  4. ^ a b "Most common surnames – Top Twenties for selected years". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ ancestry.com, Miller Name Meaning and Origin "The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages"
  6. ^ H.L. Mencken, American Language, 2012, p. 477 "A large proportion of our Millers would be more exactly known as Müller, Mühler or Möller, and another substantial group as Millar"
  7. ^ "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 1 July 2022.