McIlwain
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English
Etymology
Variant of McElwain.
Proper noun
McIlwain (plural McIlwains)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McIlwain is the 10657th 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.