McCaskill Surname

57,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

McCaskill 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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McCaskill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,8761:46,0215,607
Canada5031:73,2528,317
Australia4921:54,8696,729
England1911:291,71822,402
Scotland1841:29,0973,049
New Zealand851:53,2748,505
South Africa761:712,86550,752
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Mexico161:7,757,88835,569
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Wales71:442,07621,198
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Albania31:971,35222,477
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3951:9,4761,228
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7951:63,1686,897

McCaskill 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)

MACCASKILL: Gael. Mac Casgeal (pron. Caskil). "The son of the White Foot !"

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

McCaskill Last Name Facts

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

The last name McCaskill is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name McCaskill? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 57,225th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 823,358 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of McCaskill are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name McCaskill is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 7,876 people, or 1 in 46,021. In The United States McCaskill is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 12 percent are found, South Carolina, where 10 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.

McCaskill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of McCaskill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCaskill last name grew 991 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,364 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 53 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McCaskill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the McCaskill surname are 7.71% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 54.48% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount McCaskill earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.03% more than the national average, earning R 306,624 per year; in United States they earn 6.94% less than the national average, earning $40,153 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.75% more than the national average, earning $50,058 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
MacCaskill95146/
McAskill94773/
MacAskill894,055/
McCaskell89358/
Mocaskill891/
MacCaskil891/
MacKaskill847/
MacCaskell845/
MacKasskill801/
MacAskyll781/
Macaskell781/
Macaskel717/
Makasskil671/

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