Skains Surname

494,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 668 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Skains Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skains Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6661:544,23345,071
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Skains Last Name Facts

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

Skains is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skains? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 494,499th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 10,909,500 people. The surname Skains occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Skains reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 666 people, or 1 in 544,233. In The United States Skains is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 54 percent are found, Louisiana, where 24 percent are found and California, where 5 percent are found. Other than The United States Skains is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 0 percent are found and Wales, where 0 percent are found.

Skains Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skains has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Skains surname rose 3,918 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Skains Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skains last name are 30.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.97% being registered with the political party.

Skains earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.81% less than the national average, earning $42,799 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skans91263/
Skeans83605/
Skeins83171/
Skanse83131/
Skiens8323/
Skoins839/
Skaims831/
Scains830/
Skujins77465/
Skujans7725/
Skuinsh7721/
Skehans7713/
Sketins772/
Skitins772/
Squains771/
Scans7310/
Skanz7310/
Skams734/
Sjgkansd711/
Scaggins711/
Skoggins710/
Skeens673,924/
Scoins67291/
Skance6737/
Skanje6733/
Sckoggins671/
Scanse671/
Scaens671/
Skanch670/
Skouns670/
Sqaiggins670/

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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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 Skains
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