McCord

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): McCort, McCourt, McGirt, McGuirt, McWhirt

Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuairt or Mac Cuarta, meaning "son of a journey," from mac + cuairt. Compare McMurtry.

Proper noun

McCord (countable and uncountable, plural McCords)

1. A surname.
2. A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A census-designated place in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCord is the 2019^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17875 individuals. McCord is most common among White (79.73%) and Black/African American (14.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCord”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.