Skals Surname

619,831st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Denmark
Highest density in:
Denmark

Skals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Denmark4261:13,2511,279
Australia251:1,079,82861,253
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Skals Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skals is borne by more people in Denmark than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skals? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 619,831st most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname Skals occurs mostly in Europe, where 86 percent of Skals reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly held in Denmark, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 13,251. In Denmark it is most frequent in: Central Denmark Region, where 36 percent reside, Region of Southern Denmark, where 21 percent reside and North Denmark Region, where 20 percent reside. Excluding Denmark this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent reside and Thailand, where 4 percent reside.

Skals Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Skals earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 52.73% less than the national average, earning $20,396 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.21% more than the national average, earning $68,665 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skeals9110/
Skales913/
Skalse912/
Skalls911/
Skailes8347/
Skeales831/
Scals8056/
Skols8017/
Skalz801/
Skallsjø771/
Scales7322,787/
Skolås7311/
Skools7311/
Skalze737/
Scails736/
Skolls733/
Skoles732/
Skalže732/
Skeils731/
Scalse731/
Skouls731/
Skeyls731/
Skeles730/
Scalese672,156/
Skoyles67372/
Squalls67242/
Skeeles67189/
Skaltje6723/
Scayles6721/
Scalles676/
Scaless673/
Scalsch672/
Skoules671/
Scallse671/
Scalest671/
Scheals670/
Sscales670/
Skoless670/
Scailes670/
Skeules670/

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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 Skals
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