McCusker Surname

66,954th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,437 people bear this surname

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

McCusker Surname Definition:

MACCOSKER, Maccusker: These names are probably Irish, the second form being found in Glasgow. Ir, Mac Oscatr, 'son of Oscar,' or of the 'champion.' Irish Oscar, the personal name, also meaning 'a champion.'

McCusker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,9201:73,6718,488
Northern Ireland1,2501:1,476314
England1,0031:55,5516,742
Scotland8651:6,189988
Australia5321:50,7446,309
Ireland3121:15,0931,714
Canada2731:134,96613,971
New Zealand781:58,0559,120
South Africa681:796,73154,178
Wales391:79,3476,699
France181:3,690,151224,666
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Belize11:355,4743,977
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,0121:4,377753
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland2431:15,4041,699
England711:343,31522,014
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6261:80,2228,452

McCusker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

MACCOSKER, Maccusker: These names are probably Irish, the second form being found in Glasgow. Ir, Mac Oscatr, 'son of Oscar,' or of the 'champion.' Irish Oscar, the personal name, also meaning 'a champion.'

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

MACCOSKER: Mac Oscar, Ossian's heroic son. In co. Wexford it is sometimes pronounced Cosgar, and thence anglicized to Cosgrave.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

McCusker Last Name Facts

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

The surname McCusker is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McCusker? popularity and diffusion

It is the 66,954th most frequent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 979,904 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of McCusker are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 4,920 people, or 1 in 73,671. In The United States it is most numerous in: Maryland, where 9 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and New Jersey, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 17 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

McCusker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McCusker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the McCusker surname rose 786 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,413 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 356 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 69 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McCusker Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (96%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McCusker surname are 5.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.37% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McCusker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 101.93% more than the national average, earning R 479,856 per year; in United States they earn 12.72% more than the national average, earning $48,639 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.91% more than the national average, earning $61,066 CAD per year.

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McCusker Reference & Research

McOsker, McCusker, McKusker & McCosker - We believe that we are descended from Oscar Mag Uidhir, the great-grandson of Donn Carragh Mag Uidhir, the 1st Prince of Fermanagh.

McOsker/McCusker 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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