# McDermott (surname)

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

A surname from Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 30,528 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,151 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,114 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (29,440 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada (“son of Diarmaid”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McDermott 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McDermott in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named McDermott

- Dylan McDermott, American actor
- Charlie McDermott, American actor (born 1990)
- Doug McDermott, American basketball player (born 1992)
- Terry McDermott, American speed skater (1940–2023)
- Brian McDermott, association football player and manager (born 1961)
- Marc McDermott, Australian-American silent film actor (1881-1929)
- Alice McDermott, American writer, novelist, essayist
- Keith McDermott, American actor
- Bobby McDermott, American basketball player (1914–1963)
- Sean McDermott, American football coach (born 1974)
- Ben McDermott, Australian cricketer
- Craig McDermott, Australian cricketer

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

McDorman, McCotter, Masters, Masterson, Meister, Mistry, Master, Mistretta, Mastrangelo, McAteer, Mastroianni, McKittrick.

## 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.