# McCutcheon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mccutcheon/  
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) | 9,230 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,835 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 33,450 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (8,894 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein (“son of Uisdean”), a Gaelicized form of Old French Huchon, a hypocoristic form of Hughe (“Hugh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McCutcheon 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McCutcheon in the United States.

## People named McCutcheon

- Bill McCutcheon, American actor (1924-2002)
- Wallace McCutcheon, Sr., American cinematographer and director (ca 1862–1918)
- George Barr McCutcheon, American writer (1866–1928)
- John T. McCutcheon, American cartoonist (1870-1949)

## Similar surnames

McCutchen, Maestas, McDougal, McDougall, Moskowitz, MacDougall, Moctezuma, McDougald, Mestas, McTaggart, McDougle, McTigue.

## 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.