McCaskill
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Asgaill (“son of Asgall”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Ásketill, composed of the elements áss (“god”) + ketill (“kettle, cauldron”).
Proper noun[edit]
McCaskill (countable and uncountable, plural McCaskills)
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
- A town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, McCaskill is the 5892nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5857 individuals. McCaskill is most common among White (51.44%) and Black/African American (44.1%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCaskill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Scottish Gaelic
- English surnames from Old Norse
- en:Towns in Arkansas, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Arkansas, USA
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