Skelton

Skelton is the 2,446th most common surname in the United States, shared by 14,405 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 20,700.

By the numbers

People: 14,405
Rank: 2,446th
How common: 1 in 20,700
Per 100,000: 4.8

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

From Old English. The alteration of /ʃ/ to /sk/ is down to Old Norse influence.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Skelton described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 85.7%
Black, not Hispanic 5.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Skelton

Red Skelton (1913–1997)American comedian
Sophie Skelton (born 1994)British actress
John Skelton (1460–1529)English poet and tutor
Bob Skelton (1903–1977)American swimmer
Nick Skelton (born 1957)British equestrian
Helen Skelton (born 1983)English television presenter
Ike Skelton (1931–2013)American politician

People named Skelton with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Skelton

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.