Mescal
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Meiscill (“descendant of Meisceall”), a personal name perhaps related to meisce (“drunkeness, intoxication”).
Proper noun
Mescal (countable and uncountable, plural Mescals)
- A surname from Irish.
- (rare) A female given name.
- A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mescal is the 120187th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 144 individuals. Mescal is most common among American Indian/Alaska Native (62.5%) and White (34.72%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mescal”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 579.