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shelton Name Meaning and History

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’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

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Distribution of shelton Families in the US in 1920
Number of shelton families
 469-936
 157-468
 1-156
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