McQuillan

English

Alternative forms

• McQuillen

Etymology

• As an Irish surname, Anglicized form of Mac Uighilín (“son of Huguelin”), a diminutive of the personal name Hugh.
• Also as an Irish surname, variant of McCullen.
• Also as an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coilín and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cailein. See Collins.

Proper noun

McQuillan (plural McQuillans)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McQuillan is the 12269^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2535 individuals. McQuillan is most common among White (93.96%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McQuillan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 561.