McCartan

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Artáin (literally “son of Artán”), from mac (“son”) + Artán, a diminutive of the name Art, from Old Irish art (“bear”). Compare McCartney, of similar origin.[1]

Proper noun

McCartan (plural McCartans)

  1. An Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, McCartan is the 32900th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 697 individuals. McCartan is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCartan”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.
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