McIlwain

English

Etymology

Variant of McElwain.

Proper noun

McIlwain (plural McIlwains)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McIlwain is the 10657^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3002 individuals. McIlwain is most common among White (63.66%) and Black/African American (32.88%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McIlwain”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 556.