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The skelton Surname

skelton Name Meaning and History

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.

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Distribution of skelton Families in the US in 1920
Number of skelton families
 65-127
 22-64
 1-21
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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