# Skilling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/skilling/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 575 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,484 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 536,949 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.5% (535 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Scottish patronymic surname from the Old English personal name Sċilling, which is possibly related to sċyl (“sonorous”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Skilling in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 19% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Schilling, Shilling, Schillinger, Skillings, Shillingford, Salinas, Sullins, Schlenker, Saling, Sullens, Solanki, Slinkard.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.