How Many People Have the Last Name Mills?
people had the surname Mills in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 1,941 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+4,033 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Mills (77.5%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 16.8%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Mills ranks #130. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 79.7% to 77.5%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Mills grew from 147,909 people in 2000 to 151,942 in 2010 (up 2.7%), and its rank fell from #165 to #182. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 54.83 to 51.51 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 147,909 | 151,942 |
| Rank | #165 | #182 |
| Per 100,000 people | 54.83 | 51.51 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Mills
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Mills: M420
👤 Mills as a First Name
Mills is a first name too: about 718 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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