Skamp Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Skamp Surname Definition:

From a French or Belgian local name ending in camp (L. campus). Scampton is the name of a parish co. Lincoln. See also Losecamp.

Skamp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Wales71:442,07621,198
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529

Skamp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From a French or Belgian local name ending in camp (L. campus). Scampton is the name of a parish co. Lincoln. See also Losecamp.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Skamp Last Name Facts

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

Skamp (Russian: Скамп) is found in Australia more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skamp? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Skamp are found; 47 percent are found in Northern Europe and 47 percent are found in British Isles.

Skamp is most commonly held in Australia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 3,856,529. In Australia Skamp is most frequent in: Queensland, where 57 percent reside and New South Wales, where 43 percent reside. Beside Australia Skamp occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Wales, where 47 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Åskamp911/
Scamp80569/
Skemp80401/
Skomp80191/
Scamps73142/
Scampe732/
Skhapd731/
Schcamp671/
Škampová6239/
Skambova621/
Skabe6072/
Scomp6011/
Skasbe551/

Skamp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skamp in the Russian language
Скампskamp-

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