Skeavington Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Skeavington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Skeffington,' a parish in Leicestershire.

David de Scheftinton, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Baldewinus de Scheffinton, Leicestershire, ibid.

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Skeavington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:599,11935,891
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Skeavington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Skeffington,' a parish in Leicestershire.

David de Scheftinton, Leicestershire, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Baldewinus de Scheffinton, Leicestershire, ibid.

1575-6. William Skevington, Staffordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1611-2. Baptised — Nicholas, s. William Skevington: St. Dionis Backchurch.

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

V. Skeffington.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The ancestors of the baronet were proprietors of Skeffington, co, Leicester, and seated there as early as the reign of Richard I.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) Local. From seeap, a sheep, and ton, a town. The sheep—town. The name of a small village in England.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Skeavington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skeavington is found most frequently in England. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skeavington? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skeavington is the 1,710,039th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Skeavington reside; 82 percent reside in Northern Europe and 82 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Skeavington is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 599,119. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Nottinghamshire, where 87 percent live, Somerset, where 5 percent live and Berkshire, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 18 percent live and Jersey, where 1 percent live.

Skeavington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skeavington has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Skeavington surname rose 664 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skeavington Last Name Statistics demography

Skeavington earn around the same as the average income. In Canada they earn 4.77% more than the national average, earning $52,052 CAD per year.

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