McCord
English
Etymology
Anglicized form of Northern Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Cuairt or Mac Cuarta, meaning "son of a journey," from mac + cuairt. Compare McMurtry.
Proper noun
McCord (countable and uncountable, plural McCords)
- A surname.
- A hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A census-designated place in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Lincoln County and Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCord is the 2019th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17875 individuals. McCord is most common among White (79.73%) and Black/African American (14.79%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCord”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.
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