Skellington Surname

928,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 284 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guam

Skellington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skellington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1431:2,534,678154,329
England1191:468,21930,572
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England781:312,50520,777
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Skellington Last Name Facts

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

Skellington occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Skellington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skellington? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skellington is the 928,396th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 51 percent of Skellington reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 48 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 2,534,678. In The United States Skellington is most prevalent in: New York, where 57 percent are found, Connecticut, where 6 percent are found and Hawaii, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in England, where 42 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Skellington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skellington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Skellington last name grew 894 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 153 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skellington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Skellington surname are 35.58% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 82.35% registered with the party.

Skellington earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $44,106 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skelington951/
Skillington91640/
Skillngton861/
Skilington860/
Secklington822/
Schillington788/
Sakulwongtana582/
Sakuljongwattana521/

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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 Skellington
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