# McTaggart (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/mctaggart/  
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) | 2,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,798 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 140,915 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (2,069 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Northern Irish Mac an tSagairt (“son of the priest”), from sagart (“priest”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named McTaggart 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named McTaggart in Canada.

## People named McTaggart

- David McTaggart, badminton player and Greenpeace founder (1932–2001)
- William McTaggart, British artist (1835–1910)

## Similar surnames

McCutcheon, Maestas, McDougal, McDougall, Moskowitz, MacDougall, McCutchen, Moctezuma, McDougald, Mestas, 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.