Skelly Surname

49,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Skelly Surname Definition:

SKELLIE: Most probably from Irish (Mac)Scalaighe, 'son of the crier.' William Skellie in Barledȝiew, 1789 (Wigtown).

Skelly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,8231:62,2467,296
England1,3821:40,3175,187
Ireland9971:4,723791
Australia7181:37,5984,912
Canada5801:63,5277,423
Northern Ireland3051:6,0491,100
Scotland2831:18,9182,239
Wales1211:25,5752,657
New Zealand661:68,61110,369
Isle of Man421:2,043391
South Africa391:1,389,17274,222
Saint Lucia281:6,385800
Trinidad and Tobago161:85,2486,095
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Denmark91:627,19136,734
France81:8,302,840321,660
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines21:56,3301,327
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland9071:4,884823
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3471:70,2467,869
Scotland1531:24,4652,264
Isle of Man531:1,024158
Wales91:174,2686,522
Jersey51:10,3761,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3891:36,1554,288

Skelly (157) may also be a first name.

Skelly Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

SKELLIE: Most probably from Irish (Mac)Scalaighe, 'son of the crier.' William Skellie in Barledȝiew, 1789 (Wigtown).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Celtic) Story-Teller, Historian [Irish Scéalaidhe ( = Gaelic sgeulaiche), from scéal (also scéul), Old Irish scél, a story, tale + the pers. suff. -aidhe] There seems to have been some confusion with Scully, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of Scalaighe (crier).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Contracted from O’Scolaidhe, the ‘Story-teller’s De­scendant’ (sceulaidhe). The ‘story-teller’ was a regular official at the courts of the old Irish kings.

‘O'Scolaidhe of sweet stories.' 'Gilla- Isa-Mac-a n-Skealy, ' a.d. 1237.

'After the English Invasion the family of O'SCOLAIDHE or O’Scolaighe, now Scully, were driven into the county of Tipperary.' It was formerly a common name in Jurby, but is now scarcely found anywhere.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

Skelly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skelly (Arabic: سكيلي) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skelly? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 49,086th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 694,979 people. The last name Skelly is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Skelly are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Skelly is also the 732,696th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 157 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 5,823 people, or 1 in 62,246. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 13 percent live, California, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name is found in 46 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent live and Ireland, where 10 percent live.

Skelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skelly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skelly last name increased 419 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 398 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 110 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 185 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 1,344 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skelly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (70%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Skelly last name are 10.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.37% being registered with the party.

The amount Skelly earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.18% less than the national average, earning R 94,620 per year; in United States they earn 11.98% more than the national average, earning $48,320 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.26% more than the national average, earning $55,277 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skelley922,871/
Skielly920/
Sckelly920/
Skellay920/
Skeelly920/
Skielley860/
Skella8335/
Skilly8319/
Skelli835/
Skelle833/
Xkelly831/
Sklley830/
Skly803/
Skellie77379/
Skellet7727/
Skeller7710/
Skelles772/
Skilley771/
Skielle771/
Skelleh771/
Shkella771/
Skley738/
Sklya732/
Sklyi731/
Skellett71487/
Skellecz7142/
Skellitt710/
Skille67373/
Skylla67117/
Skilla6722/
Sqully671/
Sqelli671/
Skilli671/
Skelleher671/
Sckley670/

Skelly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skelly in the Arabic language
سكيليskyly-

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