# Cathcart (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cathcart/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Scottish Gaelic |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,716 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,099 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 65,468 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (4,466 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kithcart |

## Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cathcart in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cathcart in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Cathcart

- George Cathcart, British Army general (1794-1854)
- Charles W. Cathcart, American politician (1809-1888)
- Charles Cathcart, 9th Lord Cathcart, British Army general (1721-1776)
- Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart, British Army general and governor in Canada (1783-1859)

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.