Skerton Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 8
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 2
Yorkshire 0

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

Skerton Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Skerton family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Pin Worker 2
Dress Maker 1
Ladys Maid 1
Carpenter & Joiner 1
Brewers Drayman 1
Farmers Boy 1
Railway Porter 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Skerton

Name Census Frequency
William Skerton 18
Mary Skerton 14
Ann Skerton 13
Arthur Skerton 9
Sarah Skerton 8
Alfred Skerton 7
Alice Skerton 7
Frederick Skerton 7
Ellen Skerton 6
George Skerton 6
Richard Skerton 6
John Skerton 5
Walter Skerton 5
Joseph Skerton 4
Thomas Skerton 4
Annie Skerton 3
Eliza Skerton 3
Elizabeth Skerton 3
Emma Skerton 3
Ernest Skerton 3
Fredrick Skerton 3
Kate Skerton 3
Harold Skerton 2
Harry Skerton 2
Herbert Skerton 2

Skerton Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Skerton 100% 216
2 Skirton 86% 123

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The surname Skerton is the most popular version of all its varients

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