Meskill Surname

418,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 829 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Meskill Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Meskill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7441:487,17641,154
Ireland461:102,3685,449
England261:2,143,00282,017
Wales111:281,32115,850
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland561:79,1055,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1701:295,40423,539

Meskill Last Name Facts

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

The last name Meskill is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Meskill? popularity and diffusion

The last name Meskill is the 418,906th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,790,767 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Meskill live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Meskill is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 744 people, or 1 in 487,176. In The United States it is most common in: Illinois, where 15 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and Connecticut, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Ireland, where 6 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Meskill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Meskill has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Meskill surname rose 438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 18 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Meskill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Meskill last name are 8.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 62.15% being registered with the party.

Meskill earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.62% more than the national average, earning $54,205 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Messkill930/
Meskil92109/
Meskll921/
Maskill861,130/
Meskell86487/
Miskill8680/
Meskiel8619/
Medskil860/
Myskill860/
Maskiell80265/
Metsküll8024/
Mieskiel803/
Messkell800/
Meskel772,713/
Maskil77117/
Miskil7738/
Moskil7714/
Mieszkiel7515/
Maiskiell750/
Maskell719,257/
Miskell712,017/
Miskiel71131/
Hmeskel7116/
Maskåll7111/
Meshkilova716/
Maskiel714/
Moskell713/
Mishkil712/
Mesckel711/
Mieskel711/
Myskiel711/
Miszkiel671,170/
Meschell678/
Miskellt671/
Moskl671/
Miskl671/
Maskl670/
Mischill670/

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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
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  • 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 Meskill
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