Skaggs Surname
Approximately 23,160 people bear this surname
Skaggs Surname User-submission:
A variant of the Old Norse word, skegg, which means 'beard'.
Skaggs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,010 | 1:15,752 | 2,005 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,141 | 1:23,456 | 2,937 |
Skaggs (20) may also be a first name.
Skaggs Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
A variant of the Old Norse word, skegg, which means 'beard'.
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Average Skaggs Salary in
United States
$39,140 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Skaggs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skaggs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skaggs is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Skaggs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Skaggs is the 23,392nd most widely held surname globally, held by around 1 in 314,661 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Skaggs live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent forename throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 23,010 people, or 1 in 15,752. In The United States it is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 15 percent reside, Missouri, where 12 percent reside and Ohio, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
Skaggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Skaggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Skaggs last name grew 1,075 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Skaggs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Skaggs last name are 21.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.16% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Skaggs earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.29% less than the national average, earning $39,140 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.43% less than the national average, earning $49,469 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skhaggs | 92 | 1 | / |
| Skaggss | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sckaggs | 92 | 0 | / |
| Skags | 91 | 11 | / |
| Scaggs | 83 | 3,530 | / |
| Skeggs | 83 | 1,654 | / |
| Skagss | 83 | 5 | / |
| Skaags | 83 | 5 | / |
| Skoggs | 83 | 2 | / |
| Skaygs | 83 | 2 | / |
| Scaggsx | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scauggs | 77 | 0 | / |
| Skogs | 73 | 59 | / |
| Scags | 73 | 4 | / |
| Skegs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Skogås | 67 | 109 | / |
| Scoggs | 67 | 4 | / |
| Skaccs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skeegs | 67 | 0 | / |
| Skauks | 67 | 0 | / |
| Skogstø | 62 | 24 | / |
| Skogsås | 62 | 2 | / |
| Skogsjø | 62 | 1 | / |
| Scouggs | 62 | 0 | / |
| Skoks | 55 | 4 | / |
| Scoks | 55 | 1 | / |
| Scogs | 55 | 1 | / |
| Skecks | 50 | 2 | / |
| Scauxs | 50 | 1 | / |
| Scachs | 50 | 1 | / |
| Scocks | 50 | 0 | / |
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Skaggs Reference & Research
Skaggs DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Skaggs FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Skaggs
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