Cuthbertson Family Name and Heraldry

The Cuthbertson last name has English roots. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “the son of Cuthbert (famous, bright)”.

Surname origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

Cuthbertson by the numbers

The 2010 census count for Cuthbertson in the United States was 3,082, good for rank 10,437. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Cuthbertson name

There is no single Cuthbertson family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Cuthbertson line, if any, bore arms.

Get the complete Cuthbertson report, with a museum-style coat of arms.