Mountcastle
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English
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Etymology
[edit]Perhaps a habitational surname from a now lost place, from mount + castle. Alternatively, a further Anglicization of the Irish surname Mountcashell.
Proper noun
[edit]Mountcastle (countable and uncountable, plural Mountcastles)
- A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- An unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States.
- A surname from Irish.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mountcastle is the 36154th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Mountcastle is most common among White (86.77%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mountcastle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 627.
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- English compound terms
- English terms derived from Irish
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- English proper nouns
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Irish