Find out how popular the last name Millsaps is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Millsaps.

Millsaps, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Millsaps surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Millsaps in America

Millsaps is the 9895th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Millsaps surname appeared 3,267 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Millsaps.

We can also compare 2010 data for Millsaps to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Millsaps

The surname Millsaps is of English origin, originating in the 16th century. It is a locational name derived from a place called Mills Chapel, located in the county of Oxfordshire. The name is a combination of the words "mill" and "chapel," referring to a chapel near a mill.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, the earliest surviving public record in England, there are mentions of places with similar names, such as Milnecope and Milnestede, which could be related to the origin of the name Millsaps.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name is found in the Parish Registers of Oxfordshire, where a William Millsaps was mentioned in 1587. The name also appeared in various court records and tax rolls from the 16th and 17th centuries in the counties of Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

During the 17th century, the name Millsaps began to spread to other parts of England, and by the late 18th century, it had become more widely dispersed across the country. Notable individuals with the surname Millsaps include John Millsaps (1635-1698), a landowner from Berkshire, and Sarah Millsaps (1712-1784), a prominent member of the Quaker community in Oxfordshire.

In the 19th century, the name crossed the Atlantic, with several Millsaps families emigrating to the United States. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in America is that of Thomas Millsaps (1794-1872), who settled in Virginia and later moved to Mississippi.

Another notable figure in the history of the Millsaps name is Major Reuben Webster Millsaps (1828-1916), a wealthy businessman and philanthropist from Mississippi. He founded Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1892, which remains an esteemed institution to this day.

Other prominent individuals with the surname Millsaps include Eloise Millsaps (1906-1999), an American artist and illustrator known for her work with children's books, and John Millsaps (1921-2010), a respected educator and civil rights activist from Mississippi.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Millsaps

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Millsaps.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Millsaps was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Millsaps has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Millsaps was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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