Find out how popular the last name McCaskey is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named McCaskey.

McCaskey, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the McCaskey surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of McCaskey in America

McCaskey is the 20201st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The McCaskey surname appeared 1,319 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname McCaskey.

We can also compare 2010 data for McCaskey to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name McCaskey

The surname MCCASKEY is of Scottish origin, dating back to the late 16th century. It is believed to have originated from the Gaelic words "mac" meaning "son of" and "Caisgidh" which was a personal name derived from the word "caisg" meaning "to restrain or pacify".

The earliest recorded spelling of the name appears to be McCaskey in the parish records of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1598. This region in the southwest of Scotland is where the name is thought to have first emerged and spread from.

In the 17th century, there are references to a William McCaskey who was a merchant in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is mentioned in various trade records and documents from the 1660s.

The name appears to have spread across Scotland and into northern England in the following centuries. By the late 18th century, there are records of McCaskeys living in counties such as Cumberland and Westmorland in northern England.

One notable bearer of the name was James McCaskey, born in 1786 in County Antrim, Ireland. He was a prominent scholar and linguist who worked as a professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at the University of Edinburgh in the early 19th century.

Another historical figure with the surname was Robert McCaskey, born in 1832 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a successful businessman and industrialist who founded the McCaskey Register Company, which manufactured cash registers and accounting machines in the late 19th century.

In the United States, the name can be traced back to Scottish and Irish immigrants who arrived in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of the earliest recorded McCaskeys in America was John McCaskey, born around 1770 in Pennsylvania, who served in the War of 1812.

Other notable McCaskeys include William McCaskey, a lawyer and politician from Illinois who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives in the late 19th century, and James McCaskey, a prominent architect from Philadelphia in the early 20th century who designed several notable buildings in the city.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name McCaskey

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname McCaskey.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for McCaskey was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of McCaskey has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name McCaskey was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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