McKaskill Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

McKaskill 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.

Read More About This Surname

McKaskill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia811:333,28028,364
United States241:15,102,456529,929
England21:27,859,030389,889
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland521:71,9854,169
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

McKaskill 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)

McKaskill Last Name Facts

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

McKaskill is more commonly found in Australia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McKaskill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,775,494th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 77 percent of McKaskill reside; 77 percent reside in Australasia and 77 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most prevalent in Australia, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 333,280. In Australia it is mostly found in: Queensland, where 49 percent reside, Victoria, where 37 percent reside and Australian Capital Territory, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Australia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 22 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

McKaskill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of McKaskill has changed through the years. In England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 98 percent between 1881 and 2014.

McKaskill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the McKaskill surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the party.

McKaskill earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 47.14% less than the national average, earning $22,809 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 McKaskill
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis