McCutcheon

English

Alternative forms

• McCutchan, McCutchen, McCutchin

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”).

Proper noun

McCutcheon (countable and uncountable, plural McCutcheons)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCutcheon is the 3835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9230 individuals. McCutcheon is most common among White (83.87%) and Black/African American (10.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCutcheon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 550.