McMillan Surname
Approximately 84,611 people bear this surname
McMillan Surname Definition:
(Scottish) The son of the bald, or tonsured, one.
McMillan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 52,737 | 1:6,873 | 810 |
| Canada | 10,697 | 1:3,444 | 442 |
| Australia | 10,466 | 1:2,579 | 345 |
| Scotland | 9,413 | 1:569 | 74 |
| England | 8,168 | 1:6,822 | 990 |
| New Zealand | 3,452 | 1:1,312 | 144 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,060 | 1:1,741 | 365 |
| South Africa | 846 | 1:64,040 | 8,051 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 652 | 1:2,092 | 353 |
| Wales | 220 | 1:14,066 | 1,545 |
| Jamaica | 215 | 1:13,349 | 1,329 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Thailand | 162 | 1:436,039 | 76,421 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Ireland | 139 | 1:33,877 | 2,850 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 124 | 1:909 | 199 |
| Grenada | 88 | 1:1,233 | 232 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| Spain | 58 | 1:806,070 | 33,159 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Cayman Islands | 38 | 1:1,681 | 216 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Guernsey | 37 | 1:1,742 | 400 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Norway | 20 | 1:257,114 | 27,149 |
| Mexico | 19 | 1:6,532,958 | 32,927 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Panama | 17 | 1:230,133 | 6,157 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Japan | 14 | 1:9,131,735 | 44,780 |
| China | 13 | 1:105,178,582 | 5,529 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Isle of Man | 13 | 1:6,602 | 1,513 |
| Chile | 12 | 1:1,468,040 | 24,959 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| British Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:3,159 | 366 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Belize | 6 | 1:59,246 | 2,743 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 871 | 1:5,086 | 854 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 10,884 | 1:344 | 54 |
| England | 1,589 | 1:15,340 | 2,273 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:47,528 | 2,451 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,318 | 1:6,037 | 757 |
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.
McMillan Demographics
Average McMillan Salary in
United States
$41,340 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| MacMillan | 94 | 27,673 | / |
| McMillain | 94 | 27 | / |
| McMillean | 94 | 0 | / |
| McMilln | 93 | 6 | / |
| Macmillian | 89 | 561 | / |
| Mackmillan | 89 | 238 | / |
| MacMillain | 89 | 2 | / |
| MacMillann | 89 | 1 | / |
| Macmillean | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacMilllan | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacMmillan | 89 | 1 | / |
| McMillen | 88 | 14,751 | / |
| McMillin | 88 | 7,909 | / |
| McMillon | 88 | 4,047 | / |
| McMellan | 88 | 39 | / |
| MacMilln | 88 | 1 | / |
| Macmilliane | 84 | 1 | / |
| MacKmillian | 84 | 1 | / |
| MacMillen | 82 | 281 | / |
| MacMillin | 82 | 149 | / |
| MacMillon | 82 | 15 | / |
| MacMillam | 82 | 7 | / |
| Macmellan | 82 | 4 | / |
| Makmillan | 82 | 2 | / |
| Macmllian | 82 | 1 | / |
| Macmillanová | 80 | 1 | / |
| MacMilliam | 78 | 4 | / |
| Mackmillam | 78 | 1 | / |
| MacMillion | 78 | 1 | / |
| MacKmillen | 78 | 1 | / |
| McMellon | 75 | 701 | / |
| MacKmillion | 74 | 0 | / |
| MacMellon | 71 | 7 | / |
| Makmillen | 71 | 4 | / |
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McMillan Reference & Research
MacMillan FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
MacMillan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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