McCaskill

English

Etymology

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

McCaskill (countable and uncountable, plural McCaskills)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn from Old Norse].
2. A town in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCaskill is the 5892^nd 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

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCaskill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 545.