McCutcheon Surname

31,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

McCutcheon Surname Definition:

MACAITCHEN: Perhaps a form of Mac Aichan, from Maceachan.

McCutcheon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,1751:29,7713,697
Canada2,8621:12,8741,904
Scotland1,3841:3,868680
England1,3221:42,1475,393
Australia1,2931:20,8782,897
Northern Ireland6521:2,830574
New Zealand5391:8,4011,444
Ireland1761:26,7552,473
South Africa1561:347,29331,960
Wales481:64,4695,713
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Isle of Man91:9,5362,057
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Russia71:20,589,008462,339
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
France61:11,070,454349,096
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Mongolia41:706,32211,365
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
China31:455,773,85521,925
Belize21:177,7373,502
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Guam11:160,1214,893
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland6701:6,6121,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland5961:6,281906
England1461:166,95514,226
Wales101:156,8426,008
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1871:42,3074,937

McCutcheon (18) may also be a first name.

McCutcheon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACAITCHEN: Perhaps a form of Mac Aichan, from Maceachan.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic or Celtic-Teut.) Son of Huch(e)on, a diminutive form of Hugh, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Scottish) The son of Hutcheon, diminutive pet form of Hugh (spirit).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

McCutcheon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McCutcheon Come From? nationality or country of origin

McCutcheon is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of McCutcheon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCutcheon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 31,812th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 434,636 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of McCutcheon are found; 76 percent are found in North America and 74 percent are found in Anglo-North America. McCutcheon is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name on earth, held by 18 people.

The surname McCutcheon is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 12,175 people, or 1 in 29,771. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this last name is found in 58 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 17 percent are found and Scotland, where 8 percent are found.

McCutcheon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of McCutcheon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,026 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 232 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it rose 905 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 74 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 480 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCutcheon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the McCutcheon surname is principally Anglican (40%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCutcheon last name are 7.83% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.6% registered with the political party.

The amount McCutcheon earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.1% more than the national average, earning R 328,188 per year; in United States they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $41,683 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.4% more than the national average, earning $50,876 CAD per year.

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