The Milia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 250 people carried this name — #76,768 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is down 16% from 299 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 457 people named Milia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 101 people named Milia.
26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Martinique.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
21 people named Milia live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Milia in American newspapers,
1917–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Milia.
- Milenkovic 200 · U.S. census
- Miler 1,121 · U.S. census
- Miles 84,942 · U.S. census
- Miletic 283 · U.S. census
- Milewski 2,646 · U.S. census
- Milhomme 226 · U.S. census
- Milian 5,181 · U.S. census
- Milic 318 · U.S. census
- Milin 177 · U.S. census
- Milla 1,195 · U.S. census
- Millan 10,733 · U.S. census
- Millard 12,843 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Milia is.
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