Skales Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Moldova

Skales Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skales Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Skales (4) may also be a first name.

Skales Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skales is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skales? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Skales live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 6,192,526th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 4 people.

The last name Skales is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Skales is most common in: California, where 50 percent live and Texas, where 50 percent live. Other than The United States Skales occurs in one country. It is also found in Moldova, where 33 percent live.

Skales Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skales has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skales last name decreased 95 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skailes9247/
Skalets921/
Skeales921/
Skals91496/
Skaleush8614/
Scales8322,787/
Skalis83107/
Skeals8310/
Skalze837/
Skalže832/
Skalse832/
Skoles832/
Skalls831/
Skeles830/
Scalese772,156/
Skoyles77372/
Skaletz77270/
Skeeles77189/
Skalysh7774/
Skalish7731/
Scalies7730/
Skolets7729/
Skalisz7724/
Skaltje7723/
Scayles7721/
Scalles776/
Scaless773/
Scaleas771/
Scalest771/
Skoules771/
Sscales770/
Skoless770/
Scailes770/
Skeules770/
Scals7356/
Skols7317/
Skalz731/
Scalesse71382/
Skallist7155/
Sckaletz7115/
Skalltje713/
Shkolets711/
Skallsjø711/
Scaleise711/
Scallies710/
Squalles710/
Scoles672,740/
Scalze6757/
Scalez6739/
Scalis6729/
Skolis6725/
Skolås6711/
Skools6711/
Scalce676/
Scails676/
Skolys674/
Skolls673/
Scalse671/
Skouls671/
Skelis671/
Skeyls671/
Skeils671/

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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 Skales
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