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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Skaggs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skaggs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Skaggs is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skaggs? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 23,392nd most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 314,661 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Skaggs reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 23,010 people, or 1 in 15,752. In The United States Skaggs is most numerous in: Kentucky, where 15 percent live, Missouri, where 12 percent live and Ohio, where 8 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Skaggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Skaggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Skaggs last name expanded 1,075 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Skaggs Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Skaggs surname are 21.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 68.16% registered to vote for the political 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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