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    The surname Skipton

    An English place surname, carried by 330 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S135

    Skipton: #60,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Skipton #60,960, 330 people Skipton: #60,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Skipton #60,960, 330 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skipton is more common than 62.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Skipton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 330 people named Skipton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 935,593 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 325.

    #60,960
    rank among US surnames
    330
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #58,397)

    Who is named Skipton

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

    93% of people named Skipton identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Skipton come from?
    From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) (with change from sh to sk due to Scandinavian influence) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Skipton?
    330 people in the United States had the surname Skipton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 935,593 Americans. It ranked 60,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Skipton?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skipton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Skipton?
    Skipton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Skipton getting more or less common?
    More common. 325 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 330 in 2010, up 1.5%.