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    The surname McMillen

    A surname, carried by 10,371 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M254

    McMillen: #3,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McMillen #3,444, 10,371 people McMillen: #3,444 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McMillen #3,444, 10,371 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMillen is more common than 97.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,371 people named McMillen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,770 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,244.

    #3,444
    rank among US surnames
    10,371
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #3,205)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,436Severson10,39129,713
    #3,437Comstock10,39029,716
    #3,439Hubert10,38029,744
    #3,440Grantham10,37929,747
    #3,441Fugate10,37529,759
    #3,442Noll10,37429,761
    #3,443Lafferty10,37329,764

    Who is named McMillen

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

    93% of people named McMillen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous McMillens

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Edmund McMillen
      American video game designer, born 1980
    • Tom McMillen
      American basketball player and politician, born 1952
    • Bob McMillen
      Athletics competitor (1928-2007)
    • Thomas Haden Church
      American actor, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McMillen

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname McMillen?
    10,371 people in the United States had the surname McMillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,770 Americans. It ranked 3,444th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McMillen?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named McMillen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McMillen?
    Edmund McMillen, American video game designer, followed by Tom McMillen.
    Where is the surname McMillen most common?
    Wikidata records people named McMillen in the United States.
    Is the surname McMillen getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,371 in 2010, up 1.2%.