Last Name SHELTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Shelton, a parish in county Norfolk, near Long Stratton; also a parish in county Notts, six miles from Newark; also a parish in county Bedford, four miles from Kimbolton.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Falkland

Rank	313 (2000 US census)	279 (1990 US census)

Count	88,326 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.18%, or 67287 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.76%, or 17453 total occurrences, as black,
0.36%, or 318 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.62%, or 548 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.7%, or 1502 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.37%, or 1210 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Last Name SHELTON

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