Shackleton
surname · Latin script
Meaning: person from Shackleton, Yorkshire ('settlement on a tongue of land')
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃækəɫtən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shackleton is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
person from Shackleton, Yorkshire ('settlement on a tongue of land').
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Shackleton is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, from Scackleton (North Riding of Yorkshire), a Scandinavianized form of OE Scacoldenu; first attested Hugh Schacheliton 1246 AssLa
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, parish of Halifax, W Yorks., so called from OE *scacol tongue of land (a cogn. of ON skekill) + tun enclosure, settlement. The British Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton {1874—ig22) was bom in Kilkee, Ireland; his fathers Quaker family came from Yorkshire.
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
In English, A surname from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Irish, One of the best known Quaker families in Ireland. The Shackleton school at Ballitore, Co. Kildare, was famous in the eighteenth century. Bibl. MIF
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Emily Shackletonb. 1868GBwife of Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Raymond Shackletonb. 1905(1905-1960), Engineer and eldest son of Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackletonb. 1911GBBritish politician (1911-1994)
- Len Shackletonb. 1922GBEnglish footballer (1922-2000)
- Derek Shackletonb. 1924GBEnglish Test and County cricketer, coach and umpire (1924-2007)
- Nicholas Shackletonb. 1937GBBritish geologist (1937–2006)
- David Shackletonb. 1948AUAustralian admiral
- Fiona Shackletonb. 1956GBBritish solicitor (born 1956)
- York Shackletonb. 1974USAmerican snowboarder and filmmaker
- Jamie Shackletonb. 1999GBEnglish association football player (born 1999)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 3.8K | #2,119 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 979 | #25,295 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 925 | #27,591 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 818 | #27,694 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 28 | #67,715 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 28 | #65,950 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 18 | #44,551 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 11 | #37,448 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 5 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 5 | #99,516 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 5 | #207,056 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shackleton mean, and where does it come from?
- person from Shackleton, Yorkshire ('settlement on a tongue of land'). Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Shackleton?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃækəɫtən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Shackleton have the most bearers?
- Shackleton is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shackleton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.