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The surname McMillon

A Scottish Gaelic surname, carried by 3,146 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M254

McMillon: #10,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McMillon #10,245, 3,146 people McMillon: #10,245 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McMillon #10,245, 3,146 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McMillon is more common than 93.7% 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 3,146 people named McMillon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,139 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,913.

#10,245
rank among US surnames
3,146
people in 2010
1.1
per 100,000 Americans
+8%
change since 2000 (was #10,167)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#10,237Gruver3,14898,077
#10,243Tillett3,14798,108
#10,245Killeen3,14698,139
#10,250Orndorff3,14598,170

Who is named McMillon

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

56% of people named McMillon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 37% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • Black (not Hispanic) 56%
  • White (not Hispanic) 37%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
  • Two or more races 2.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous McMillons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Doug McMillon
    American entrepreneur, executive, CEO of Walmart, born 1966

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McMillon

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

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname McMillon come from?
Variant of McMillan.
How common is the surname McMillon?
3,146 people in the United States had the surname McMillon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,139 Americans. It ranked 10,245th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McMillon?
In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named McMillon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 37% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named McMillon?
Doug McMillon, American entrepreneur, executive, CEO of Walmart.
Where is the surname McMillon most common?
Wikidata records people named McMillon in the United States.
Is the surname McMillon getting more or less common?
More common. 2,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,146 in 2010, up 8.0%.