Skamen Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Skamen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skamen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia481:51,8278,472
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Austria161:532,21549,801
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Skamen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skamen is more frequently found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skamen? popularity and diffusion

Skamen is the 1,980,395th most prevalent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Skamen live; 54 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name Skamen is most frequently used in Slovenia, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 51,827. In Slovenia Skamen is most frequent in: Savinja, where 96 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 2 percent live and Drava, where 2 percent live. Excluding Slovenia this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 25 percent live and Austria, where 18 percent live.

Skamen Last Name Statistics demography

Skamen earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 31.24% less than the national average, earning R 163,392 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skameen921/
Skamin8384/
Scamen838/
Skamyn832/
Skamenová8033/
Skamenova801/
Skamina77102/
Skamyna7710/
Skomin6788/
Scamin674/
Skemyn671/
Scomen670/
Scamina627/
Scaming621/
Scommen620/
Scammin620/
Scheimen573/
Scothmen570/

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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 Skamen
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