McCotter
English
editEtymology
editAnlgicized 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
editMcCotter (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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.