as a Last Name
- 14,708
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Skelton
Meaning & Origins
Northern English: habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, originally named with the same elements as Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence. The surname has also been established in Ireland for four or five centuries.
| 2,136th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 14,708
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Mississippi
- has the most people named Skelton per capita
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