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Miller Last Name Origin & Family History

Miller Last Name Meaning

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).

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The most Miller families were found in the USA in 1920.

In 1920, there were 21,799 Miller families living in Pennsylvania. This was about 12% of all the recorded Miller families in the USA.

Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio had the highest population of Miller families.

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Miller Family Occupation

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Miller Life Expectancy

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Between {{Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.family)[0]}} and {{Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.family)[Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.family).length - 1]}}, in the United States, Miller life expectancy was at its lowest point in {{Math.min.apply(Math,Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.family))}}, and highest in {{Math.max.apply(Math,Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.family))}}. The average life expectancy for Miller in {{Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.population)[0]}} was {{Object.values(lastNameData.lifespan.population)[0]}}, and {{Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.population)[Object.keys(lastNameData.lifespan.population).length -1]}} was {{Object.values(lastNameData.lifespan.population)[Object.values(lastNameData.lifespan.population).length - 1]}}.

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