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Shackleton
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English
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Etymology
Habitational surname from a place in West Yorkshire, from an unattested en ang - word ang *sċacol tongue of land + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
~ s
en Old English.
en ghost town co/Chattooga County s/Georgia c/US.
Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer.
Derived terms
en Shackletonian
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Shackleton is the 25295th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 979 individuals. Shackleton is most common among White (89.68%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en acehklnost chalkstone shecklaton
en Individuals