How common is the surname Shelton?

90,517 people in the United States had the surname Shelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,411 Americans. It ranked 344th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Shelton?

Blake Shelton, American country music singer and television personality, followed by Marley Shelton.

Where is the surname Shelton most common?

Wikidata records people named Shelton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Shelton?

Shelton is /ˈʃɛltən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Shelton getting more or less common?

More common. 88,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,517 in 2010, up 2.5%.

Is Shelton also a first name?

Yes. Shelton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Shelton

An English surname, carried by 90,517 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈʃɛltən/ 2 syllables Soundex S435 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shelton is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 90,517 people named Shelton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,411 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 88,326.

#344

rank among US surnames

90,517

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #313)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#335	Frazier	92,152	3,350
#336	Powers	91,970	3,357
#337	Neal	91,694	3,367
#338	Leonard	91,475	3,375
#339	Gregory	91,384	3,379
#340	Carrillo	91,129	3,388
#341	Sutton	90,964	3,394

Who is named Shelton

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

73% of people named Shelton identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sheltons

16 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Blake Shelton
American country music singer and television personality, born 1976
Marley Shelton
American actress, born 1974
Simon Shelton
British actor (1966-2018)
Deborah Shelton
American actress and beauty queen, born 1948
Lynn Shelton
American filmmaker (1965–2020)
Gilbert Shelton
American cartoonist, born 1940
Uriah Shelton
American actor and singer, born 1997
Ron Shelton
American film director, born 1945
Herbert M. Shelton
American medical writer (1895–1985)
Bryan Shelton
American tennis coach and former player (born 1965)
Samantha Shelton
American actress, born 1978
Lonnie Shelton
American basketball player (1955-2018)

Notable Sheltons come mostly from the United States (15) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shelton

Shelton has the Soundex code S435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S435.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Shelton come from?: From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.
How common is the surname Shelton?: 90,517 people in the United States had the surname Shelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,411 Americans. It ranked 344th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shelton?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Shelton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Shelton?: Blake Shelton, American country music singer and television personality, followed by Marley Shelton.
Where is the surname Shelton most common?: Wikidata records people named Shelton in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Shelton?: Shelton is /ˈʃɛltən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Shelton getting more or less common?: More common. 88,326 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,517 in 2010, up 2.5%.
Is Shelton also a first name?: Yes. Shelton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.