# McCotter (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 716 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 431,209 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (701 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anlgicized 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”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCotter 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCotter in the United States.

## People named McCotter

- Thaddeus McCotter, American politician (born 1965)

## Similar surnames

McDermott, McAteer, Masters, Masterson, Meister, Mistry, Master, Mistretta, Mastrangelo, Mastroianni, McKittrick, Mastro.

## 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.