The McMillion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,415 people carried this name — #9,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,352 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the McMillion surname

From the Irish variant of McMillan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «McMillion» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, McMillion was counted together with McMillen: 91 families in all.

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

McMillion in American newspapers,
1892–1925.

Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name McMillion
The Daily Worker 1925-04-15
Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name McMillion
The Freeman 1892-10-08
Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name McMillion
The Daily Worker 1925-04-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,824 pages in all carry the name.

In print

McMillion in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1960s.

60 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss McMillion. The most, 16, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 22
Victoria 14
Queensland 8
ACT (Canberra) 5
South Australia 4
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 3

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

Who carried it

People named McMillion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Worth McMillion 1926–2015 · NASCAR team owner
  • George McMillion 1932–2017 · swimming coach

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named McMillion,
in the records of 2 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 States187 records

187 records of the McMillion name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 137
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 44
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Carlie McMillion

    Born 1923 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Benning, Georgia; driver from Wilcox County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Alabama.

    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 Charles Eugene McMillion

    Born 1948; from Jefferson, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joseph McMillion

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1951, died 2001; buried at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Augusta, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 187 records for McMillion 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the McMillion name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Clara Spicer McMillion

    Died 1936 in Berwick, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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