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English
Etymology
English surname, capitalization of miller. Doublet of Muller. Also compare Milner, Millward, Müller, Mueller, Mulder, Molenaar, Muenier, Molinaro, Molinero, Molnár, Mlinar, Mlynarczyk.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miller (countable and uncountable, plural Millers)
- (countable) An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for a miller.
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- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hancock County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Clay Township, St. Clair County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Lawrence County, Missouri.
- A village in Buffalo County, Nebraska.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lawrence County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.
- A small city, the county seat of Hand County, South Dakota.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under Miller Township.
- A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- A suburb in the City of Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
surname meaning "a miller"
- Catalan: Moliner (ca)
- Czech: Mlynář, Mlynárik
- Danish: Møller
- Dutch: Molenaar, Mulder (nl)
- Esperanto: Milero
- French: Meunier (fr), Dumoulin (fr), Moulin (fr)
- German: Mueller (de), Müller (de)
- Hungarian: Liszt, Molnár (hu)
- Italian: Molinaro, Molinari, Mugnai
- Low German:
- German Low German: Möller
- Polish: Młynarski m, Młynarska f
- Russian: Мельников (ru) m (Melʹnikov), Мельникова f (Melʹnikova)
- Scots: Milne
- Spanish: Molinero, Molina (es)
- Swedish: Möller (sv)
- Venetan: Munaro
- Yiddish: מילער (miler)
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Miller is the 7th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,161,437 individuals. Miller is most common among White (84.1%) and Black/African American (10.8%) individuals.
See also
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Proper noun
Miller
- a surname
Descendants
Danish
Proper noun
Miller
- a surname from English.
Estonian
Proper noun
Miller
- a surname from English.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English Miller or Alemannic German Miller.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miller ?
- a French surname from Alemannic German
Further reading
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Miller m (plural Miller, feminine Millerin)
- miller
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Müller.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Miller m pers
- a male surname from German
Declension
Proper noun
Miller f (indeclinable)
- a female surname from German
Further reading
- Miller in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- “Miller”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022