Mackall

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Cathail (“son of Cathal”). Compare McCall.

Proper noun

Mackall (plural Mackalls)

1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mackall is the 19716^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1366 individuals. Mackall is most common among Black/African American (57.69%) and White (37.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mackall”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 484.