Skelly Surname
Approximately 10,486 people bear this surname
Skelly Surname Definition:
SKELLIE: Most probably from Irish (Mac)Scalaighe, 'son of the crier.' William Skellie in Barledȝiew, 1789 (Wigtown).
Skelly Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,823 | 1:62,246 | 7,296 |
| England | 1,382 | 1:40,317 | 5,187 |
| Ireland | 997 | 1:4,723 | 791 |
| Australia | 718 | 1:37,598 | 4,912 |
| Canada | 580 | 1:63,527 | 7,423 |
| Northern Ireland | 305 | 1:6,049 | 1,100 |
| Scotland | 283 | 1:18,918 | 2,239 |
| Wales | 121 | 1:25,575 | 2,657 |
| New Zealand | 66 | 1:68,611 | 10,369 |
| Isle of Man | 42 | 1:2,043 | 391 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Saint Lucia | 28 | 1:6,385 | 800 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 1:85,248 | 6,095 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 1:56,330 | 1,327 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 907 | 1:4,884 | 823 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 347 | 1:70,246 | 7,869 |
| Scotland | 153 | 1:24,465 | 2,264 |
| Isle of Man | 53 | 1:1,024 | 158 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:174,268 | 6,522 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,389 | 1:36,155 | 4,288 |
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).
(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.
(Irish) The son of Scalaighe (crier).
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.
Skelly Demographics
Average Skelly Salary in
United States
$48,320 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Skelly Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skelly Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skelly (Arabic: سكيلي) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skelly? popularity and diffusion
Skelly is the 49,086th most widespread family name globally, held by around 1 in 694,979 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Skelly live; 55 percent live in North America and 54 percent live in Anglo-North America. Skelly is also the 732,696th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 157 people.
The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 5,823 people, or 1 in 62,246. In The United States Skelly is most frequent in: New York, where 13 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States it is found in 46 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and Ireland, where 10 percent are found.
Skelly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Skelly has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Skelly last name grew 419 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 398 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 110 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 185 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,344 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Skelly Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Catholic (70%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Skelly last name are 10.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.37% 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skelley | 92 | 2,871 | / |
| Skielly | 92 | 0 | / |
| Sckelly | 92 | 0 | / |
| Skellay | 92 | 0 | / |
| Skeelly | 92 | 0 | / |
| Skielley | 86 | 0 | / |
| Skella | 83 | 35 | / |
| Skilly | 83 | 19 | / |
| Skelli | 83 | 5 | / |
| Skelle | 83 | 3 | / |
| Xkelly | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sklley | 83 | 0 | / |
| Skly | 80 | 3 | / |
| Skellie | 77 | 379 | / |
| Skellet | 77 | 27 | / |
| Skeller | 77 | 10 | / |
| Skelles | 77 | 2 | / |
| Skilley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Skielle | 77 | 1 | / |
| Skelleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shkella | 77 | 1 | / |
| Skley | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sklya | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sklyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skellett | 71 | 487 | / |
| Skellecz | 71 | 42 | / |
| Skellitt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Skille | 67 | 373 | / |
| Skylla | 67 | 117 | / |
| Skilla | 67 | 22 | / |
| Sqully | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sqelli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skilli | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skelleher | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sckley | 67 | 0 | / |
Skelly Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Skelly in the Arabic language | ||
| سكيلي | skyly | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Skelly
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis