# McMillian (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcmillian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,765 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,043 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,243 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.8% (11,012 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of McMillan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McMillian in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 36% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McMillian in the United States.

## People named McMillian

- Michael McMillian, American actor
- Jim McMillian, American basketball player (1948-2016)

## Similar surnames

McMillan, McMullen, McMillen, MacMillan, McMillin, McMullin, McMillion, McMillon, McMullan, McMiller, McConnell, McNeil.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.