McSkean

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Sceacháin (“son of Sceachán”), a personal name from a diminutive of sceach (“briar, thornbush”).

Proper noun

McSkean (plural McSkeans)

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, McSkean is the 9475th most common surname in Ireland, belonging to 19 individuals.

Further reading
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