McWaters

English

Alternative forms

• McWatters

Etymology

Anglicized form, with English genitive -s, of Scottish Gaelic Mac Bhàtair, a patronymic from a Gaelicized form of the personal name Walter.

Proper noun

McWaters (plural McWaterses)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McWaters is the 22000^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1179 individuals. McWaters is most common among White (94.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McWaters”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 562.