Eskildsen Surname

115,928th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,980 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Greenland

Eskildsen Surname User-submission:

Eskildsen is a Dano-Norwegian surname, meaning 'son Of Eskild'.

Eskildsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark3,0581:1,846132
United States4931:735,21157,637
Norway751:68,5649,650
Panama541:72,4493,088
Germany491:1,642,96996,430
Luxembourg451:12,9012,533
Canada371:995,82774,831
Greenland351:1,611220
New Zealand301:150,94417,319
Mexico291:4,280,21427,059
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Brazil121:17,839,528311,080
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Faroe Islands61:8,166786
England51:11,143,612252,590
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
France31:22,140,907385,998
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Malta11:430,2723,380
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Eskildsen Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Eskildsen is a Dano-Norwegian surname, meaning 'son Of Eskild'.

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Eskildsen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Eskildsen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Eskildsen is more frequently found in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Eskildsen? popularity and diffusion

Eskildsen is the 115,928th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,831,042 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 82 percent of Eskildsen live; 79 percent live in Northern Europe and 79 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently used in Denmark, where it is held by 3,058 people, or 1 in 1,846. In Denmark it is most frequent in: Region of Southern Denmark, where 31 percent are found, Central Denmark Region, where 31 percent are found and Capital Region of Denmark, where 20 percent are found. Other than Denmark it is found in 28 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 12 percent are found and Norway, where 2 percent are found.

Eskildsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Eskildsen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Eskildsen last name increased 9,860 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Eskildsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Eskildsen surname are 17.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.79% registered with the political party.

The amount Eskildsen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 9.1% more than the national average, earning 377,570 kr per year; in United States they earn 6.18% more than the national average, earning $45,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.49% more than the national average, earning $57,381 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eskildesen9521/
Eskildssen9510/
Eskiildsen952/
Askildsen89344/
Eskildson8953/
Eskildsem8911/
Eskeldsen893/
Esklidsen893/
Eskildesn891/
Eskildecen844/
Eskeldson7849/
Askildson7841/
Askeldsen782/

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