as a Last Name
- 84,217
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Shelton
Meaning & Origins
English (mainly Nottinghamshire): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire, which are named from Old English scylf ‘shelf’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
| 305th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 84,217
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Tennessee
- has the most people named Shelton per capita
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