Macmillan Family

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About the Macmillan surname

The surname Macmillan is associated with a patronymic formation. The Mac-/Mc- formation is traditionally patronymic and means “son of” in Gaelic languages. The surname may originally have expressed descent before becoming fixed as a hereditary family name. Different families could independently adopt a surname formed from the same given name.

Pronunciation: Mak-mi-jan/makmijɑ̃/

Most frequent given names among the Macmillan family

Men

  1. 1John77
  2. 2Donald51
  3. 3William48
  4. 4James35
  5. 5Alexander34

Women

  1. 1Mary47
  2. 2Margaret35
  3. 3Catherine30
  4. 4Agnès20
  5. 5Marie20
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The Macmillan name in our genealogy archives

3,076occurrences in our collections
8collections containing this name
9 11881 → 1901people enumerated
1786First mention of the name
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