McCaskey Surname

209,713th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guyana

McCaskey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McCaskey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8621:194,66119,217
Scotland351:152,9669,000
New Zealand251:181,13319,287
Guyana211:36,2963,715
England201:2,785,90397,972
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominica11:75,891912
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland201:221,49310,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland201:187,1617,190
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3931:127,78312,315

McCaskey Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCaskey is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of McCaskey click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCaskey? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 209,713th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,699,262 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 96 percent of McCaskey reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,862 people, or 1 in 194,661. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside, California, where 8 percent reside and Alabama, where 8 percent reside. Apart from The United States this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 1 percent reside.

McCaskey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCaskey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the McCaskey surname grew 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 175 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it grew 2,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCaskey Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the McCaskey surname is chiefly Methodist (35%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the McCaskey last name are 13.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.4% registered with the party.

McCaskey earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.95% less than the national average, earning $41,444 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCaskey9410/
McCaskie88609/
MacAskey885/
MacCaskie8218/
Macasky8027/
MacOskey7554/
Macaskie7550/
Makiskey751/
McCoskie751/
Matkoskey7134/
Macheskey712/
MacCheske711/
MacHiskey710/
Makosky67445/
MacOsky6768/
Makaske6764/
Makoske6743/
Mochcousky672/
MacOske672/
MacAski672/
Makesky670/

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McCaskey Reference & Research

McCaskill FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McCaskey
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