The McMillen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,371 people carried this name — #3,444 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 10,244 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 25 births for the McMillen name in 1890.

Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,100 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The count includes the spelling McMillan. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Antrim and Down.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Ulster 25

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

91 families named McMillen, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 526 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: McMillen, McMellen, McMellens, McMillan, Mcmillan, Mcmillen, McMillian, McMillin, McMillion, Mcmillion, Macmillion, McMillon. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 45
Pennsylvania 16
South Carolina 13
Virginia 8
Massachusetts 4
New Hampshire 3
New York 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 253 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

McMillen in American newspapers,
1871–1872.

Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name McMillen
New Orleans Republican 1872-03-14
Newspaper page from New Orleans Republican carrying the name McMillen
New Orleans Republican 1872-03-13
Newspaper page from Semi-weekly Louisianian carrying the name McMillen
Semi-weekly Louisianian 1871-05-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,828 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McMillen in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,204 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMillen. The most, 229, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 506
Victoria 222
Queensland 168
Western Australia 166
South Australia 107
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMillen.

Who carried it

People named McMillen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bob McMillen
    Bob McMillen 1928–2007 · middle-distance runner
  • Rolla Coral McMillen
    Rolla Coral McMillen 1880–1961 · politician
  • Clara McMillen
    Clara McMillen 1898–1982 · sexologist
  • William L. McMillen
    William L. McMillen 1829–1902 · military officer
  • Jim McMillen
    Jim McMillen 1902–1984 · American football player
  • Billy McMillen 1927–1975 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named McMillen,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States906 records

906 records of the McMillen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 401
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 163
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 106
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 93
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 60
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 43
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 38
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ernest D. McMillen

    Born 1918 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Spencer, Iowa; salesperson. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Dean McMillen

    Born 1950; from Hamilton, Illinois. U.S. Army, radio operator; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William McMillen

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Devonia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 23; laborer. From Derry, Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 906 records for McMillen in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia109 records

109 records of the McMillen name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 26
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 26
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Samuel McMillen

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Sophia, arriving 1829.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John A. McMillen

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Catharine Mitchell, aged 7; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Mary Ellen McMillen

    Gentlewoman of Queenscliff, Victoria; died 1967.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 109 records for McMillen in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada26 records

26 records of the McMillen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas McMillen

    Came to Ontario in 1869 aboard the Serapis, landing at Quebec, bound for Guelph, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Howard Nelson McMillen

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 83.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary McMillen

    Died 1876 in Rear Judique, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 26 records for McMillen in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the McMillen name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Dunstan Douglas McMillen

    Born 1970 in the United States; died 2001 in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont (Isère).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Other spellings of this name

The same name, spelled another way.

Spellings that H. B. Guppy (England and Wales, 1890) or the Registrar-General for Ireland (births index of 1890) counted as one name together with McMillen.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to McMillen.

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