Skarba Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Skarba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skarba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1411:269,56633,257
Slovakia341:156,95427,796
Germany211:3,833,593163,016
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

The alternate forms: Škarba (286) are calculated separately.

Skarba Last Name Facts

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

Skarba occurs in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Škarba. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skarba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skarba is the 1,121,821st most widely held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Skarba reside; 81 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 269,566. Outside of Poland this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Slovakia, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Škarba94286/
Shkarba923/
Szkarba922/
Skarbat921/
Skarbas921/
Skarbau920/
Shkarbat861/
Skarbach861/
Skorba83275/
Skarbo83205/
Skarby83164/
Skerba8372/
Scarba8312/
Sckarbath801/
Scarbay77161/
Shkorba77129/
Skarbøe7724/
Skaarva7716/
Skarbez7711/
Shkarbo773/
Skorbas771/
Skerbay771/
Skarvad771/
Skarbit771/
Skorbach71243/
Skarimpa7182/
Scarbath7177/
Scarbeau7160/
Skarbich7151/
Shkorbat7125/
Shkarbet7116/
Skarbych712/
Shkarbyi712/
Skorbacz711/
Skarbisz711/
Scarbo67152/
Scarby67138/
Skorbo6728/
Skärbo6720/
Skarvi6713/
Skarve6711/
Skorbi678/
Scarbi676/
Scorba671/
Scarwa671/
Skarvy670/

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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 Skarba
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