Skeffington is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 11 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Skeffington
No. of characters: 11
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Skeffington

How popular is Skeffington?

Skeffington is ranked 251619 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Skeffington bearers increased by 3.562341 per cent in 2010 US census to 407 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1121 spots and ranked at 51176. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 96.31 99.24
Others 1.47 0
Hispanic or Latino 1.23 0
Skeffington is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Northern Ireland. Around 1266 people have been found who wears Skeffington as their family name. Skeffington have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
24,766 Scotland2
50,640 Switzerland2
12,161 Wales2
54,641 Sweden2
11,510 Oman1
40,340 Malaysia1
897,276 Russia1
30,360 Thailand1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
36,026 Canada91
28,444 Australia82
Countries with hundreds of Skeffington:
47,674 United States563
21,023 England247
1,576 Northern Ireland167
3,646 Ireland104

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Collin Skeffington was 20 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on January 15, 1849. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Arrick from Liverpool. 28 years old Patrick Skeffington, 26 years old U Skeffington, Patrick Skeffington (2), Immigrant Catherine Skeffington, 20 years old Bernard Skeffington, Betty Skeffington, aged 19, 18 years old Sarah Skeffington, John Skeffington, aged 26, are others that migrated to US from Glasgow, Liverpool and Belfast.

Skeffington Namesakes

  • Joei Skeffington, Musical Artist
  • Arthur Skeffington, Politician

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