Skelton Surname
Approximately 35,872 people bear this surname
Skelton 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.
Read More About This SurnameSkelton Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20,352 | 1:17,809 | 2,256 |
| England | 8,229 | 1:6,771 | 980 |
| Australia | 1,801 | 1:14,989 | 2,129 |
| Canada | 1,427 | 1:25,820 | 3,469 |
| New Zealand | 990 | 1:4,574 | 722 |
| Scotland | 578 | 1:9,263 | 1,317 |
| Northern Ireland | 465 | 1:3,968 | 789 |
| Ireland | 405 | 1:11,627 | 1,452 |
| South Africa | 371 | 1:146,032 | 16,656 |
| Samoa | 203 | 1:955 | 301 |
| Wales | 186 | 1:16,637 | 1,803 |
| Tonga | 175 | 1:613 | 165 |
| Thailand | 118 | 1:598,630 | 101,799 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Germany | 49 | 1:1,642,969 | 96,430 |
| British Virgin Islands | 42 | 1:752 | 126 |
| Brazil | 33 | 1:6,487,101 | 155,169 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 32 | 1:3,449 | 570 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Jamaica | 23 | 1:124,780 | 4,616 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16 | 1:3,450 | 449 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| American Samoa | 14 | 1:3,983 | 910 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:12,260 | 2,387 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1:1,467,097 | 5,611 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Jersey | 3 | 1:33,067 | 4,675 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 351 | 1:12,621 | 1,703 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,153 | 1:5,869 | 892 |
| Scotland | 168 | 1:22,281 | 2,124 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Jersey | 16 | 1:3,243 | 531 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,737 | 1:18,348 | 2,319 |
Skelton (47) may also be a first name.
Skelton 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).
(English) belonging to Skelton—a Northern (guttural) form of Shelton, q.v.
Two of the Yorks places were Scheltun and Scheltone in Domesday-Book.
(English) One who came from Skelton (the hill, or bank, manor), the name of parishes in Yorkshire and Cumberland.
Parishes and places in cos. Cumberland, Yorkshire, &c. The Skeltons of the former county date back to temp. Edw. H. Hutchinson's Cumberland.
(Saxon.) Local. The hill of separation or boundary.
A location name in Cumberland, Yorkshire.
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.
Skelton Demographics
Average Skelton Salary in
United States
$42,232 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Skelton Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skelton Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skelton (Russian: Скелтон) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Skelton.
How Common Is The Last Name Skelton? popularity and diffusion
The surname Skelton is the 15,539th most frequent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 203,154 people. The last name Skelton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Skelton reside; 59 percent reside in North America and 59 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Skelton is also the 1,467,136th most widespread first name throughout the world, borne by 47 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 20,352 people, or 1 in 17,809. In The United States Skelton is primarily found in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Tennessee, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.
Skelton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Skelton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Skelton surname grew 744 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 344 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 115 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 979 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Skelton Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Skelton last name is primarily Catholic (54%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Skelton surname are 20.14% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.91% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Skelton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning 353,780 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.13% more than the national average, earning R 371,016 per year; in United States they earn 2.13% less than the national average, earning $42,232 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $51,623 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Skelton Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Skelton in the Russian language | ||
| Скелтон | skelton | - |
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Skelton Reference & Research
Shelton DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Shelton FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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