Salkeld Surname

155,090th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,828 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Salkeld Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Salkeld,' a parish (called Great Salkeld) in Cumberland, three miles from Kirk Oswald. Little Salkeld is a township in the neighbouring parish of Addingham.

John de Salkild, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Salkeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3231:42,1155,386
United States7761:467,08639,768
Australia2721:99,24911,236
Canada1451:254,10824,080
Scotland1001:53,5384,539
New Zealand691:65,62810,016
Wales501:61,8915,534
Peru231:1,381,91821,725
Chile121:1,468,04024,959
France111:6,038,429280,838
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Jersey81:12,4002,398
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6621:36,8214,779
Scotland141:267,3738,913
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States961:523,11136,402

Salkeld Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Salkeld,' a parish (called Great Salkeld) in Cumberland, three miles from Kirk Oswald. Little Salkeld is a township in the neighbouring parish of Addingham.

John de Salkild, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Thomas de Salkeld. Cumberland, ibid.

1593. Thomas Salkell and Matilda Hickopp: Marriage Lic. (London).

1610. Richard Salkeld, Cumberland: Register of the University of Oxford.

1804. Married — James Reynolds and Mary Salkeld: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Salkeld (Cumb.) 13th cent. Salkeld = the Willow- Tree Spring [Old Norse selia = Old English s(e)alh, a willow + Old Norse kelda, a spring] There is a mineral spring on the common having chalybeate properties.—Nat. Gaz., 1868.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The family so called, very influential in Cumberland in the XIV. century, probably derived their name from either Great or Little Salkeld, in that county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cumberland.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Salkeld Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salkeld Come From? nationality or country of origin

Salkeld is most common in England. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Salkeld click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salkeld? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 155,090th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,576,926 people. Salkeld is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Salkeld live; 53 percent live in Northern Europe and 52 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is carried by 1,323 people, or 1 in 42,115. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 13 percent are found, Durham, where 12 percent are found and Cumbria, where 9 percent are found. Not including England Salkeld exists in 27 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 27 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.

Salkeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Salkeld has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 808 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 714 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Salkeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Salkeld are 27.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80.95% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Salkeld earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 193.77% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,948 per year; in United States they earn 17.04% more than the national average, earning $50,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.01% more than the national average, earning $52,171 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salkield9354/
Shalkeld930/
Saulkeld930/
Salkelds930/
Salkild8616/
Calkeld8612/
Salkled861/
Solkeld860/
Salkilld8068/
Shalklett631/
Soulchild507/

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