McEachern

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Eichthigheirn (“son of Eichthigearn”), a personal name formed by each (“horse”) + tighearna (“lord”).

Proper noun

McEachern (plural McEacherns)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McEachern is the 8003^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4133 individuals. McEachern is most common among White (75.27%) and Black/African American (19.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McEachern”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 551.