Shelton is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Shelton
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Shelton

How popular is Shelton?

Shelton is common in United States.

Shelton is ranked 4695 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Shelton bearers increased by 2.480583 per cent in 2010 US census to 90517 since 2000, the surname slipped by 31 spots and ranked at 344. The last name was found in around 307 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.49 76.18
Black 20.64 19.76
Others 2.5 1.7
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.37
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.67 0.62
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.36
Shelton is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 116066 people have been found who wears Shelton as their family name. Shelton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
83,734 Belarus9
5,318 China8
5,340 Iceland6
8,582 Japan6
1,632 South Korea5
2,537 Afghanistan4
941 Liberia3
24,547 Saudi Arabia3
10,686 Costa Rica3
10,329 Pakistan3
26,321 Israel3
2,967 Vietnam3
14,126 Colombia3
30,723 Georgia3
19,452 Malaysia3
2,550 Haiti3
23,344 Austria2
2,168 Suriname2
6,103 Cyprus2
40,064 Nigeria2
65,594 Belgium2
41,879 Turkey2
12,172 Ghana2
2,401 Honduras2
6,353 Panama2
19,093 Finland2
35,969 Denmark2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
19,533 Uruguay1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
174,544 Czech Republic1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
7,198 Maldives1
7,847 Albania1
9,116 Nicaragua1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
37,779 Serbia1
846 American Samoa1
10,958 Bangladesh1
2,374 Bermuda1
11,510 Oman1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
2,057 Myanmar1
16,073 Latvia1
28,365 Kenya1
14,373 Jordan1
20,172 Hungary1
21,562 Portugal1
971 Seychelles1
8,181 Botswana1
29,774 Venezuela1
4,249 Cambodia1
13,447 Uganda1
472 Tonga1
5,553 Taiwan1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
29,595 Iran1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
587 Guam32
32,811 Sweden29
813 Jersey22
62,494 Netherlands22
4,647 Thailand21
162,376 Ukraine20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,566 Qatar97
50,444 Argentina90
67,110 Italy90
4,308 Ireland82
137,153 Russia77
5,314 Kuwait70
35,826 Spain64
5,248 Singapore59
Countries with hundreds of Shelton:
18,206 Germany572
30,822 Philippines387
1,045 Jamaica303
40,920 Brazil270
14,944 Mexico262
2,981 New Zealand256
8,675 Zimbabwe221
99,213 India218
3,234 Scotland197
2,076 Wales192
57,437 France171
11,811 Peru128
8,435 United Arab Emirates115
10,773 Switzerland108
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Shelton:
1,450 England5,474
1,302 Australia2,432
4,212 South Africa1,552
3,884 Canada1,185
2,204 Sri Lanka1,174
Countries with ten thousands of Shelton:
315 United States99,844
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Shelton worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Cork on Alert and arrived on June 3, 1846. George Shelton, aged 26, Sarah Shelton (27) Immigrant, Richard Shelton, aged 22, Margaret Shelton (22) Lady, Workman John Shelton, Immigrant Cathne. Shelton, Mary Shelton, aged 34, William Shelton (25) Immigrant, are other Shelton that migrated to US.

Shelton Namesakes

    Gilbert Shelton, American cartoonist and one of the most important underground comic artists
  • Millicent Shelton, Music Video Director
  • Marley Shelton, Film actress
  • Alissa Shelton, Actor
  • Alyson Shelton, Film director
  • Amiee Shelton, TV Personality
  • Marley Shelton, Film actress
  • Blake Shelton, Singer
  • Travis Shelton, Football player
  • Aram Shelton, Musician
  • Samuel A. Shelton, U.S. representative
  • Lisa Shelton, from 2012 horror and mystery movie eXploZion!, who portrayed Lady Death.

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