How common is the surname Cathcart?

4,716 people in the United States had the surname Cathcart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,468 Americans. It ranked 7,099th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Cathcart?

George Cathcart, British Army general (1794-1854), followed by Charles W. Cathcart.

Where is the surname Cathcart most common?

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

Is the surname Cathcart getting more or less common?

More common. 4,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,716 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Cathcart

A Scottish Gaelic place surname, carried by 4,716 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cathcart is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

Scottish Gaelic origin

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

Cathcart is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,716 people named Cathcart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,468 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,466.

#7,099

rank among US surnames

4,716

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #6,928)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,093	Landin	4,722	65,384
#7,096	Creed	4,718	65,440
#7,098	Izzo	4,717	65,454
#7,099	Benn	4,716	65,468
#7,102	McAvoy	4,715	65,482
#7,103	Tingle	4,712	65,523

Who is named Cathcart

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

78% of people named Cathcart identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cathcarts

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Cathcarts come mostly from the Kingdom of Great Britain (2), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Kithcart

Cathcart has the Soundex code C326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C326.

Other Scottish Gaelic surnames

All 277 Scottish Gaelic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Cathcart come from?: From Scottish Gaelic cath (“battle”) + the name of the River Cart.
How common is the surname Cathcart?: 4,716 people in the United States had the surname Cathcart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,468 Americans. It ranked 7,099th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Cathcart?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Cathcart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Cathcart?: George Cathcart, British Army general (1794-1854), followed by Charles W. Cathcart.
Where is the surname Cathcart most common?: Wikidata records people named Cathcart in the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Cathcart?: Cathcart is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Cathcart getting more or less common?: More common. 4,466 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,716 in 2010, up 5.6%.
What are other spellings of Cathcart?: Kithcart.