How common is the surname Skelly?

4,157 people in the United States had the surname Skelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,271 Americans. It ranked 7,958th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Skelly?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Skelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Skelly getting more or less common?

More common. 3,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,157 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Skelly

An Irish surname, carried by 4,157 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skelly is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Variant of Scally.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,157 people named Skelly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,271 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,997.

#7,958

rank among US surnames

4,157

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #7,680)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,954	Gagliano	4,161	74,200
#7,955	Beech	4,160	74,218
#7,956	Tarantino	4,158	74,253
#7,958	Nipper	4,157	74,271
#7,961	Coss	4,156	74,289

Who is named Skelly

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

94% of people named Skelly identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Skelly

Skelly has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Skelly come from?: Variant of Scally.
How common is the surname Skelly?: 4,157 people in the United States had the surname Skelly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,271 Americans. It ranked 7,958th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skelly?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Skelly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Skelly getting more or less common?: More common. 3,997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,157 in 2010, up 4.0%.