Shackleton Name Meaning: Habitational from a place in the Parish of Halifax. from old English "Scacol" 'tongue of land',cognate with "Skekill" and "tun" 'settlement'.
The name is of Anglo-Saxon origin,with the first recorded spelling to be that of 'Hugh Schacheliton,dated 1246.
Discover how your Shackleton ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 23 |
| Buckinghamshire | 9 |
| Berkshire | 4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 1 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 35 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 4 |
| Derbyshire | 11 |
| Devon | 1 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 11 |
| Essex | 13 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 |
| Hampshire | 9 |
| Herefordshire | 0 |
| Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Huntingdonshire | 0 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 31 |
| Lancashire | 856 |
| Leicestershire | 15 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 |
| London | 117 |
| Middlesex | 14 |
| Northumberland | 24 |
| Norfolk | 0 |
| Northamptonshire | 9 |
| Nottinghamshire | 10 |
| Oxfordshire | 0 |
| Rutland | 0 |
| Shropshire | 4 |
| Suffolk | 1 |
| Somerset | 10 |
| Surrey | 7 |
| Sussex | 5 |
| Staffordshire | 14 |
| Warwickshire | 7 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 7 |
| Worcestershire | 2 |
| Yorkshire | 2,279 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 0 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 4 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Cotton Weaver | 161 |
| Worsted Spinner | 36 |
| Living On Own Means | 35 |
| Worsted Weaver | 34 |
| Farmer | 26 |
| Woollen Weaver | 23 |
| Stone Mason | 20 |
| Dress Maker | 18 |
| Cotton Winder | 17 |
| Scholar | 13 |
| Iron Moulder | 12 |
| Cotton C Weaver | 11 |
| General Labourer | 11 |
| House Keeper | 11 |
| Joiner | 11 |
| Cotton Spinner | 10 |
| Joiner Carpenter | 9 |
| None | 9 |
| House Keeper Domestic | 8 |
| Milliner | 7 |
| Clogger | 7 |
| Cloth Weaver | 7 |
| Green Grocer | 7 |
| Woollen Spinner | 7 |
| Cotton Warp Dresser | 6 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Shackleton | 1,758 |
| John Shackleton | 1,666 |
| William Shackleton | 1,361 |
| Sarah Shackleton | 1,155 |
| Elizabeth Shackleton | 902 |
| James Shackleton | 839 |
| Thomas Shackleton | 714 |
| Joseph Shackleton | 632 |
| Ann Shackleton | 501 |
| Hannah Shackleton | 412 |
| Jane Shackleton | 412 |
| George Shackleton | 403 |
| Martha Shackleton | 364 |
| Annie Shackleton | 349 |
| Alice Shackleton | 346 |
| Margaret Shackleton | 287 |
| Ellen Shackleton | 280 |
| Emma Shackleton | 279 |
| Henry Shackleton | 269 |
| Arthur Shackleton | 259 |
| Robert Shackleton | 259 |
| Charles Shackleton | 201 |
| Samuel Shackleton | 188 |
| Edith Shackleton | 184 |
| Richard Shackleton | 183 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shackleton | 100% | 23,632 |
| 2 | Shackelton | 80% | 1,248 |
The surname Shackleton is the most popular version of all its varients