Skeffington
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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)
- A village and civil parish of Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK739025).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Skeffington is the 51176th 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.