McCotter
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Anlgicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac Oitir (“son of Oitir”), Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Óttar, composed of the elements ótti (“fear”) + herr (“army”).
Proper noun
[edit]McCotter (plural McCotters)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCotter is the 32203rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 716 individuals. McCotter is most common among White (74.86%) and Black/African American (21.09%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCotter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.