Shillitoe Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Shillitoe Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Selito'. This great Yorkshire name completely baffles me. Probably, like Sholto (Northumberland), the suffix is -how (v. How, a), in which case, of course, the name is local. But I cannot identify the spot, and there is no prefix de to the instances.

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Shillitoe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1621:343,93925,007
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Falkland Islands71:44788
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Malta11:430,2723,380
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2001:121,87711,575
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Shillitoe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Selito'. This great Yorkshire name completely baffles me. Probably, like Sholto (Northumberland), the suffix is -how (v. How, a), in which case, of course, the name is local. But I cannot identify the spot, and there is no prefix de to the instances. No entry is found in any of the great rolls, like the Testa de Neville, the Hundred Rolls, or the Placita quo Warranto.

Adam Selito (Houghton Grass), 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes Selito (Houghton Grass), 1379: ibid.

Jurdanus Selito (Whitwood), 1379: ibid.

Johannes Selito (Whitwood), 1379: ibid.

Ricardus Ruscheto, 1379: ibid.

1721. Baptised — John, s. Peter Selleto: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

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

This name, uniformly occurring in the Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379, as Selito, in 1397-8 as Shelito (‘Notes and Queries,’ 25th Apl. ’14, p.335) undoubtedly presents difficulties, chiefly owing to the lack of earlier forms. It has been suggested that it represents a Norman place-name Siletot; but I cannot trace such a place-name; and, in any case, in the 14th cent. we should expect the retention in the surname of the final -t. As it is “a great Yorkshire name” it is prob. Scandinavian, and the second element may be the Old Norse tá (Swedish taa, pron. almost toe), a path, walk, sheepwalk, cattle-run (rather than for the Old English hó, a hill, promontory), with the first element either Old Norse skíol (sk before i normally palatalized to sh), a shiel, shed, shelter, or Old Norse sel (genit. pl. selia), a shed on a mountain-pasture. The surname now occurs as both Sillito(e and Shillito(e, &c. Guppy, ‘Homes of Family-Names’ (p. 550), says: ‘‘Shropshire contains both these forms, Staffordshire has Sillitoe with Sillito, and the West Riding has Shillitoe.”

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Shillington; a location name in Hertfordshire Or Schildau, Prussia; or from the Dutch, Schilte; from the German, Schilter; a personal name.

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

Shillitoe was the name of four mayors of Pontefract between 1643 and 1693 (M.). The name, occurs, usually as Sillitoe, in Staffordshire and Shropshire.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Shillitoe Demographics

Average Shillitoe Salary in
England

£35,720

Per year
Rank:
5,078 of 88,641
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000278817
Rank: 27,490 of 88,641
Percentage of national average salary:
132.41%
Sample size: 18 (2014)

Average Salary in
England

£26,976

Per year
Per month:
£2,248
Per week:
£500
Per day:
£74

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Shillitoe Last Name Facts

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

Shillitoe is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Shillitoe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shillitoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Shillitoe is the 1,163,787th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 35,549,004 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 83 percent of Shillitoe reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 343,939. In England Shillitoe is primarily concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 20 percent live, Greater Manchester, where 12 percent live and Hampshire, where 8 percent live. Excluding England Shillitoe exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 7 percent live and The Falkland Islands, where 3 percent live.

Shillitoe Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Shillitoe has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Shillitoe last name fell 19 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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