Millin

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoilfhinn (“descendant of Maoilfhinn”), a personal name composed by the elements maol (“chief”) + fionn (“fair, white”).

Proper noun

Millin (plural Millins)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Millin is the 36286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 617 individuals. Millin is most common among White (81.85%) and Black/African American (10.86%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Millin”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.