About the McCutchen Surname

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, McCutchen is usually a form of McCutcheon. Taken at its root, McCutchen points to “The son of Hutcheon, diminutive pet form of Hugh (spirit)”. Records show McCutchen as one of the forms McCutcheon took over time. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes MacCutcheon and MocCutchan.

The 2010 US Census counted 4,146 people named McCutchen, ranking it number 7,975 among American surnames.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named McCutchen, so the heraldry linked to McCutcheon is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the McCutchen surname pack.