Macaskel Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Macaskel Surname Definition:
Contracted from Mac-ás-Ketilll. Ketill is equivalent to the English ‘kettle'. In the Icelandic poets of the tenth century the uncontracted form was used, but in the eleventh it began to be contracted into kel. Its frequent occurrence in nomenclature doubtless arises from the use of the Vé-kell, or 'Holy Kettle, ' at sacrifices.
Read More About This SurnameMacaskel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Macaskel Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Contracted from Mac-ás-Ketilll. Ketill is equivalent to the English ‘kettle'. In the Icelandic poets of the tenth century the uncontracted form was used, but in the eleventh it began to be contracted into kel. Its frequent occurrence in nomenclature doubtless arises from the use of the Vé-kell, or 'Holy Kettle, ' at sacrifices. Cumming reads ‘OSKETIL', and Worsaae ‘Asketill, ' on the fragment of a cross now in Castle Rushen.
Askell, is found in the Flateyjarbóc; Oscytyl was Abbot of Croyland in a.d. 992, and Askel King of Dublin in a.d. 1159. In 1311 and 1312 King Edward III. addressed letters to Gilbert Macaskel, or Mackaskill, 'Keeper of his Land of Man'. Asketil, Askell, Asketel (found in the Hundred Rolls).
It is now hardly found anywhere, though formerly common in Bride, to which parish it was almost confined.
Macaskel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Macaskel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Macaskel has its highest incidence in Lesotho. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Macaskel click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Macaskel? popularity and diffusion
The last name Macaskel is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Macaskel are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
Macaskel is most widely held in Lesotho, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 290,365. In Lesotho it is mostly concentrated in: Mafeteng District, where 86 percent are found and Maseru District, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macaskell | 94 | 1 | / |
| MacCaskell | 89 | 5 | / |
| MacHaskell | 89 | 1 | / |
| MacAskill | 82 | 4,055 | / |
| McCaskell | 82 | 358 | / |
| MacCaskil | 82 | 1 | / |
| MacAskyll | 82 | 1 | / |
| Macacel | 80 | 1 | / |
| MacCaskill | 78 | 146 | / |
| MacKaskill | 78 | 7 | / |
| MacHaskill | 78 | 1 | / |
| McAskill | 75 | 773 | / |
| MacKasskill | 74 | 1 | / |
| McCaskill | 71 | 8,851 | / |
| Masaskill | 71 | 2 | / |
| Makasskil | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mocaskill | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mecaskill | 71 | 1 | / |
| Makakil | 67 | 2 | / |
| Makaakl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Macacil | 67 | 1 | / |
| MacKoukl | 63 | 1 | / |
| Makacil | 53 | 1 | / |
| Mozoskil | 50 | 2 | / |
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