McCaskil Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

McCaskil Surname Definition:

MACASGILL, Macaskill, Maccaskell, Maccaseil, Maccaskill, Mackaskil, Mackaskill: The Gaelic is MacAsgaill, derived from the ON. personal name Askell (for Asketill, 'the kettle or sacrificial vessel of the Anses,' i.e. gods). Rob Donn (ed. Morrison, p.

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McCaskil Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland181:207,9567,652
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States271:1,859,95194,590

McCaskil Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACASGILL, Macaskill, Maccaskell, Maccaseil, Maccaskill, Mackaskil, Mackaskill: The Gaelic is MacAsgaill, derived from the ON. personal name Askell (for Asketill, 'the kettle or sacrificial vessel of the Anses,' i.e. gods). Rob Donn (ed. Morrison, p. 443) spells the name MacCasguill. It was a William MacAskill, probably a member of the family of MacCaskill of Ebost, who led the Clan Macleod against the fleet of Clanranald at Eynot, west of Skye, in the sixteenth century (Henderson, p. 54). Donald M'Askle was a corporal in the Reay Fencibles in 1795 (Scobie, p. 370), and Calum MacAsguill is author of ' Bearnaraidh na h-Earradh" (in Alba, I, no. 4, 1920). Angus McAskill, born in Lewis, died in Cape Breton August 8th, 1863, in his thirty-eighth year. He was 7 feet 9 inches in height, and was known as the Cape Breton Giant. (One of his boots, 16 inches in length, is preserved in the Provincial Museum, Halifax.) A ridiculous bombastic work by James D. Gillis, purporting to be an account of his life was published in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1919, under the title, The Cape Breton Giant: a truthful mejnoir. The Macasgills are known as Clann t-Asgaill, and the euphonic t has given rise to a forename, Taskill, Taskel M Rory, 1745. Macaisldll 1790, Mackaiscail 1766, Mackaiscal (in Crosple) 1769, Mackaiskill 1783, Mackascal 1769.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

McCaskil Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCaskil occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCaskil? popularity and diffusion

The surname McCaskil is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of McCaskil are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States McCaskil is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 18 percent live, California, where 12 percent live and Mississippi, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 6 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

McCaskil Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McCaskil has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the McCaskil surname fell 37 percent between 1880 and 2014.

McCaskil Last Name Statistics demography

McCaskil earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year.

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