Skeleton Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Skeleton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Skelton,' a village near Ripon, Yorkshire Skeleton is not a happy corruption, but it is imitative, like a hundred other corrupted spellings; compare Deadman, Physick. (a) 'of Skelton,' a parish in Cumberland.

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Skeleton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Skeleton (17) may also be a first name.

Skeleton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Skelton,' a village near Ripon, Yorkshire Skeleton is not a happy corruption, but it is imitative, like a hundred other corrupted spellings; compare Deadman, Physick. (a) 'of Skelton,' a parish in Cumberland.

Willelmus de Skelton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Skelton, 1379: ibid.

1617. John Skelton, Cumberland: Register of the University of Oxford.

1632-3. John Skelton and Prudence Summers: Marriage Lic. (Faculty Office).

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

A corrupt form of Skelton, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in cos. Cumberland, Yorkshire, &c. The Skeltons of the former county date back to temp. Edw. H. Hutchinson's Cumberland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Saxon.) Local. The hill of separation or boundary.

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

Skelton is an old Lincoln name, and still occurs there: the mayor of the city in 1697 and the sheriffs of 1417 and 1691 bore this name (St.). One of the first ministers of Salem, Massachusetts, was Samuel Skelton, a nonconforming minister of Lincolnshire, who went to America in 1629 (T.). There are Yorkshire parishes and townships thus called.

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

Skeleton Last Name Facts

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

Skeleton (Russian: Скелетон) occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skeleton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skeleton is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Skeleton reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name globally It is held by 17 people.

The surname is most widespread in England, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Tyne and Wear, where 57 percent live and City of Bristol, where 43 percent live. Not including England it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 31 percent live and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where 8 percent live.

Skeleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skeleton has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skeleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Skeleton last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Skeleton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skeleton in the Russian language
Скелетонskeleton-

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