Skeffington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Skeavington

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Sċeaft, a byname from sċeaft (“shaft”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Skeffington (countable and uncountable, plural Skeffingtons)

1. A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Skeffington's daughter

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Skeffington is the 51176^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 407 individuals. Skeffington is most common among White (96.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Skeffington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.