Mountcastle

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English

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Etymology

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Perhaps a habitational surname from a now lost place, from mount +‎ castle. Alternatively, a further Anglicization of the Irish surname Mountcashell.

Proper noun

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Mountcastle (countable and uncountable, plural Mountcastles)

  1. A suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  2. An unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States.
  3. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

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  • 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

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