The Milone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,939 people carried this name — #15,194 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 151,500 people counted. That is up 12% from 1,726 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Milone surname
Italianization of Sicilian Miluni (and its plural Miluna and other dialectal/hypercorrected variants), from Sicilian miluni (“melon, watermelon”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Milone» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,036 people named Milone 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
139 people named Milone live in Switzerland.
They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Milone.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 36 people named Milone live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Milone in American newspapers,
1908–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,977 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Milone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emanuele Milone d. 1812
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Cesare Milone 1801–2000
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Angelo Milone 1821–1904
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Salvatore Milone 1852–1892
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Luigi Milone 1866–
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Pietro Milone 1867–1933 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Milone.
- Millo 276 · U.S. census
- Millon 480 · U.S. census
- Mills 151,942 · U.S. census
- Milly 100 · U.S. census
- Milo 2,689 · U.S. census
- Milon 502 · U.S. census
- Milord 792 · U.S. census
- Milosavljevic 272 · U.S. census
- Milosevic 490 · U.S. census
- Milot 612 · U.S. census
- Milovanovic 222 · U.S. census
- Milton 20,703 · U.S. census
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