Frequency: (13879)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maoláin, a patronymic from the byname Maolán, a diminutive of maol ‘bald’, ‘tonsured’. In Scotland the usual spelling is Macmillan. Compare Mullen.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
