Shankleton Surname

1,882,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 97 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Shankleton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shankleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States951:3,815,357209,650
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Shankleton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shankleton occurs most in The United States. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shankleton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,882,912th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 75,129,339 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 45 percent of Shankleton reside; 45 percent reside in North America and 45 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 3,815,357. In The United States it is mostly found in: Ohio, where 28 percent are found, Illinois, where 6 percent are found and Texas, where 3 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found.

Shankleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shankleton has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 452 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Shankleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Shankleton surname are 20.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 73.91% registered to vote for the political party.

Shankleton earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.06% less than the national average, earning $42,262 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shankelton9016/
Shingleton802,707/
Shnigleton800/
Changleiton762/
Schingleton761/
Shinglton745/
Shingletain670/
Chonkulotna5720/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shankleton
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