Skelly is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Skelly
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Skelly

How popular is Skelly?

Skelly is common in Ireland.

Skelly is ranked 48331 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Skelly bearers increased by 4.003002 per cent in 2010 US census to 4157 since 2000, the surname slipped by 278 spots and ranked at 7958. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.18 95.15
Hispanic or Latino 1.92 1.3
Others 1.88 1.2
Black 0.96 0.95
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.55 0.73
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.51 0.68
Skelly is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 9879 people have been found who wears Skelly as their family name. Skelly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
50,640 Switzerland2
1,500,361 India2
18,718 Thailand2
960 Saint Lucia2
53,033 Nigeria1
897,276 Russia1
118,015 Netherlands1
38,830 Morocco1
47,891 Norway1
174,544 Czech Republic1
40,340 Malaysia1
17,236 Ghana1
9,116 Nicaragua1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
24,176 Qatar1
16,640 Hong Kong1
3,071 Jersey1
5,553 Taiwan1
153,416 Italy1
9,498 Iceland1
15,162 Costa Rica1
810,193 Indonesia1
6,212 Jamaica1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
12,953 Finland48
514 Isle of Man27
75,986 Spain20
5,809 Trinidad and Tobago17
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
11,434 New Zealand57
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Skelly:
4,866 Australia615
7,404 Canada563
3,011 Scotland217
1,392 Northern Ireland203
50,182 Germany202
30,064 South Africa183
Countries with thousands of Skelly:
7,193 United States5,301
5,644 England1,269
709 Ireland1,010
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 16 years old butcher Daniel Skelly who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on December 4, 1848 by Queen Of The West put out from Liverpool. 25 years old Pat Skelly, Ann Skelly, aged 24, Infant Ann Skelly, Workman Thomas Skelly, James Skelly (5), Workwoman Mary Skelly, Jno. Skelly (24) Workman, 25 years old July Skelly, and 57 other Skelly around 47.22% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and house keeper migrated to US.

Skelly Namesakes

  • J. Skelly Wright, Judge
  • Hal Skelly, Film actor
  • Tim Skelly, Game designer
  • J. Skelly Wright, Judge

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