Skellington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 1
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 4
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 6
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 17
Leicestershire 6
Lincolnshire 1
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 1
Nottinghamshire 47
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 27

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Skellington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Skellington family

Profession Census Frequency
School 19
Hosiery Hand 2
Police Constable (metropolitan) 1
Apprentice 1
Carter 1
Charwoman 1
Dressmaker 1
House Work 1
Motor Car Driver 1
Nurse 1
School & Errand Boy Part Time 1
Wire Drawer 1
Old Age Pensioner Rd Mkt Gardener 1
Domestic Servant General 1
Foreman Lacemaker (plain-net) 1
Greengrocer On Own 1
Gypsum Miner 1
Hairdresser & Tobacconist 1
Hosiery Finisher 1
House Keeper 1
Insurance Agent 1
Lace Hand 1
Lace Mender 1
Lace Warehouse Hand 1
Laundry Man 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Skellington

Name Census Frequency
John Skellington 33
Ann Skellington 25
George Skellington 25
Sarah Skellington 23
William Skellington 23
Joseph Skellington 22
Mary Skellington 18
Elizabeth Skellington 17
Arthur Skellington 15
Thomas Skellington 14
Annie Skellington 11
Hannah Skellington 11
Richard Skellington 11
Charles Skellington 10
Alice Skellington 8
Ellen Skellington 8
Benjamin Skellington 7
Catherine Skellington 7
Herbert Skellington 7
Jane Skellington 7
Florence Skellington 6
Henry Skellington 6
Maria Skellington 6
James Skellington 5
Robert Skellington 5

Skellington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Skillington 91% 768
2 Skellington 100% 493

Did you know?

The surname Skellington is the 2nd most popular variant of Skillington.

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