McCotter

English

Etymology

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

McCotter (plural McCotters)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCotter is the 32203^rd 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

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