# McMullan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mcmullan/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,615 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,954 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 118,067 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.3% (2,484 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Irish variant of McMillan.

## Who carries it

Share of people named McMullan 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McMullan in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named McMullan

- Jim McMullan, American actor (1936–2019)
- Tim McMullan, British actor

## Similar surnames

McMillan, McMullen, McMillian, McMillen, MacMillan, McMillin, McMullin, McMillion, McMillon, 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.