Shingleton Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Written in a baptism entry or a ship's list, Shingleton usually leads back to Singleton. It is a place-based name: “From Singleton in Lancashire”.

• Shingleton adds “h” to Singleton, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Related forms: Singletone and Sington.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• In the 2010 US Census, 1,801 Americans gave Shingleton as their last name (rank 16,079).

Arms associated with the name

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