Catterson

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Uaitéir (“son of Walter”) + the patronymic suffix -son.

Proper noun

Catterson (plural Cattersons)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Catterson is the 38389^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 577 individuals. Catterson is most common among White (93.24%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Catterson”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 305.