McCoskey

English

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of McCaskey or an Anglicized form of Irish Mac Coscraich (“son of Coscrach”).

Proper noun

McCoskey (plural McCoskeys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, McCoskey is the 35489^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 634 individuals. McCoskey is most common among White (97.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “McCoskey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 548.