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    The surname McMillian

    A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 11,765 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex M254

    McMillian: #3,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon McMillian #3,043, 11,765 people McMillian: #3,043 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McMillian #3,043, 11,765 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMillian is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Scottish Gaelic origin

    Variant of McMillan.

    One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,765 people named McMillian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,243 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,012.

    #3,043
    rank among US surnames
    11,765
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,020)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,034Hite11,81026,143
    #3,035Arenas11,80926,145
    #3,036Tomlin11,79726,172
    #3,037Cardwell11,79126,185
    #3,038Milam11,78726,194
    #3,039Bowie11,78626,196
    #3,040Halverson11,78126,207

    Who is named McMillian

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

    57% of people named McMillian identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

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

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous McMillians

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Michael McMillian
      American actor, born 1978
    • Jim McMillian
      American basketball player (1948-2016)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like McMillian

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

    Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

    All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname McMillian come from?
    Variant of McMillan.
    How common is the surname McMillian?
    11,765 people in the United States had the surname McMillian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,243 Americans. It ranked 3,043rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname McMillian?
    In the 2010 Census, 57% of people named McMillian identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named McMillian?
    Michael McMillian, American actor, followed by Jim McMillian.
    Where is the surname McMillian most common?
    Wikidata records people named McMillian in the United States.
    Is the surname McMillian getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,012 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,765 in 2010, up 6.8%.