Skans Surname

980,795th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Skans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden1911:51,5543,979
United States491:7,397,121336,459
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
England41:13,929,515290,718
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Skans (26) may also be a first name.

Skans Last Name Facts

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

Skans is found most frequently in Sweden. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 980,795th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Skans are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 74 percent are found in Scandinavia. Skans is also the 2,084,397th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 26 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 51,554. In Sweden Skans is mostly found in: Skåne County, where 27 percent are found, Uppsala County, where 21 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 15 percent are found. Besides Sweden it occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Skans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skans has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Skans surname rose 613 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Skans Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skans surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Skans earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 29.9% less than the national average, earning R 166,584 per year and in United States they earn 16.42% more than the national average, earning $50,236 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skains91668/
Skeans91605/
Skanse91131/
Scans8010/
Skanz8010/
Skams804/
Skons803/
Sjgkansd771/
Skeins73171/
Skance7337/
Skanje7333/
Skoins739/
Skaims731/
Scanse731/
Skouns730/
Skanch730/
Scains730/
Scheans6729/
Skanche6724/
Skounsø672/
Shkhams671/
Squains671/

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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 Skans
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