How common is the surname MacMillan?

5,688 people in the United States had the surname MacMillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. It ranked 6,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname MacMillan?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named MacMillan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named MacMillan?

David MacMillan, British chemist (1968-), followed by Shannon MacMillan.

Where is the surname MacMillan most common?

Wikidata records people named MacMillan in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

How do you pronounce MacMillan?

MacMillan is /məkˈmɪlən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname MacMillan getting more or less common?

More common. 5,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,688 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname MacMillan

A surname, carried by 5,688 people in the United States.

Pronounced /məkˈmɪlən/ 3 syllables Soundex M254

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). MacMillan is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

From Scottish Gaelic. For many people so surnamed today (worldwide), their name can be traced back to the Clan MacMillan. The word roots are covered at McMillan.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,688 people named MacMillan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,553.

#6,041

rank among US surnames

5,688

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #5,725)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194
#6,033	Leatherman	5,696	54,204
#6,034	Gartner	5,694	54,223
#6,035	Angle	5,693	54,232
#6,036	Dilley	5,692	54,242
#6,038	Benz	5,691	54,252
#6,039	Brummett	5,690	54,261

Who is named MacMillan

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named MacMillan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous MacMillans

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David MacMillan
British chemist (1968-)
Shannon MacMillan
American soccer player, born 1974
Kenneth MacMillan
British ballet dancer and choreographer (1929–1992)
Violet MacMillan
American actress (1887–1953)
Conway MacMillan
American botanist (1867-1929)
Don MacMillan
Australian middle distance runner, 1928–2004
Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
British Conservative politician, born 1943
Donald Baxter MacMillan
American explorer and sailor (1874-1970)

Notable MacMillans come mostly from the United States (4), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Macmillen

Surnames that sound like MacMillan

MacMillan has the Soundex code M254, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M254.

Questions

Where does the surname MacMillan come from?: From Scottish Gaelic. For many people so surnamed today (worldwide), their name can be traced back to the Clan MacMillan. The word roots are covered at McMillan.
How common is the surname MacMillan?: 5,688 people in the United States had the surname MacMillan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. It ranked 6,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname MacMillan?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named MacMillan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named MacMillan?: David MacMillan, British chemist (1968-), followed by Shannon MacMillan.
Where is the surname MacMillan most common?: Wikidata records people named MacMillan in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce MacMillan?: MacMillan is /məkˈmɪlən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname MacMillan getting more or less common?: More common. 5,553 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,688 in 2010, up 2.4%.
What are other spellings of MacMillan?: Macmillen.