Skard Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skard Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skard Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1171:43,9516,296
Iran971:791,57239,767
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Skard Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skard (Russian: Скард) occurs in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Skard.

How Common Is The Last Name Skard? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skard is the 1,085,744th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname Skard occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Skard are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name Skard is most widely held in Norway, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 43,951. In Norway Skard is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 73 percent live, Western Norway, where 21 percent live and Central Norway, where 5 percent live. Excluding Norway this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 43 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Skard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Skard last name declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Skard Last Name Statistics demography

Skard earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 30.8% more than the national average, earning 452,667 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skeard91169/
Skards919/
Shkard912/
Skardå911/
Skaarød835/
Skeared831/
Åsskard831/
Scard80437/
Skord8067/
Skörd8055/
Skart8010/
Skardova7727/
Skarcz732/
Squard731/
Scards731/
Skerdt730/
Scheard678/
Shkartz672/
Skourds670/
Sckartz670/

Skard Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skard in the Russian language
Скардskard-

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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 Skard
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