McMillan Surname

6,681st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84,611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McMillan Surname Definition:

(Scottish) The son of the bald, or tonsured, one.

McMillan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States52,7371:6,873810
Canada10,6971:3,444442
Australia10,4661:2,579345
Scotland9,4131:56974
England8,1681:6,822990
New Zealand3,4521:1,312144
Northern Ireland1,0601:1,741365
South Africa8461:64,0408,051
Trinidad and Tobago6521:2,092353
Wales2201:14,0661,545
Jamaica2151:13,3491,329
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Thailand1621:436,03976,421
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Ireland1391:33,8772,850
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1241:909199
Grenada881:1,233232
Germany681:1,183,90477,258
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Spain581:806,07033,159
Portugal571:182,7767,697
France491:1,355,566135,191
Cayman Islands381:1,681216
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Guernsey371:1,742400
Netherlands351:482,49146,668
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Norway201:257,11427,149
Mexico191:6,532,95832,927
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
Panama171:230,1336,157
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Japan141:9,131,73544,780
China131:105,178,5825,529
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Isle of Man131:6,6021,513
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
British Virgin Islands101:3,159366
Israel101:855,76354,181
Jersey101:9,9202,003
Liberia101:440,85421,753
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Switzerland101:821,29253,588
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Guam81:20,0153,029
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
India81:95,883,173728,828
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Belize61:59,2462,743
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Burundi41:2,451,2131,279
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Montserrat11:4,947471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland8711:5,086854
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland10,8841:34454
England1,5891:15,3402,273
Wales331:47,5282,451
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,3181:6,037757

McMillan (1,711) may also be a first name.

McMillan Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scottish) The son of the bald, or tonsured, one.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

McMillan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McMillan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname McMillan occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McMillan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,681st most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 86,130 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of McMillan reside; 65 percent reside in North America and 65 percent reside in Anglo-North America. McMillan is also the 185,659th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 1,711 people.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 52,737 people, or 1 in 6,873. In The United States McMillan is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 9 percent reside, Florida, where 6 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 111 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

McMillan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McMillan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McMillan surname expanded 634 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 514 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McMillan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McMillan last name is chiefly Presbyterian (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McMillan surname are 11.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.31% being registered with the political party.

The amount McMillan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.72% more than the national average, earning 379,732 kr per year; in Peru they earn 35.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 26,222 per year; in South Africa they earn 78.15% more than the national average, earning R 423,360 per year; in United States they earn 4.19% less than the national average, earning $41,340 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $50,435 CAD per year.

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McMillan Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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