Skalk Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Skalk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skalk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3061:177,05119,513
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Skalk (80) may also be a first name.

Skalk Last Name Facts

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

Skalk (Georgian: სკალკ) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skalk? popularity and diffusion

Skalk is the 814,680th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. Skalk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Skalk live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Skalk is also the 1,075,395th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 80 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 177,051. In South Africa Skalk is most frequent in: Northern Cape, where 30 percent live, Free State, where 22 percent live and North West, where 20 percent live. Beside South Africa it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Skalk Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Skalk earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 54.71% less than the national average, earning R 107,616 per year and in Canada they earn 15.79% more than the national average, earning $57,530 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skalke919/
Skaalk915/
Skalks910/
Skalc801/
Skolk801/
Skalková77400/
Skalkova7765/
Scahlk731/
Scalks730/
Shkalkova7135/
Szkalková711/
Skolkova62211/
Skolková6299/
Skálková622/
Skolc6015/
Scolk601/
Scheylk501/

Skalk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skalk in the Georgian language
სკალკskalk-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Skalk
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