MacCaskell Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

MacCaskell 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.

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MacCaskell Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Canada21:18,422,796409,488

MacCaskell 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.

— Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore
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MacCaskell Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name MacCaskell Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname MacCaskell is found most frequently in Australia. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name MacCaskell? popularity and diffusion

MacCaskell is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname MacCaskell occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 60 percent of MacCaskell live; 60 percent live in Australasia and 60 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most prevalent in Australia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 8,998,567. In Australia MacCaskell is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Australia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 40 percent are found.

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McCaskell95358/
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Macaskel897/
McCaskill848,851/
MacAskill844,055/
MacCaskil841/
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MacKaskill807/
McAskill78773/
MacKasskill761/
Mocaskill741/
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Makasskil631/
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