Skead Surname

592,650th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 526 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Skead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2871:188,77220,532
Canada1781:206,99820,123
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Scotland121:446,15118,166
England101:5,571,806158,774
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

Skead Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skead occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Skead.

How Common Is The Last Name Skead? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skead is the 592,650th most widely held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,854,650 people. The last name Skead is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Skead are found; 55 percent are found in Southern Africa and 55 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 287 people, or 1 in 188,772. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Gauteng, where 46 percent live, KwaZulu-Natal, where 18 percent live and North West, where 9 percent live. Aside from South Africa Skead exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 34 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Skead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skead has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people who held the Skead surname expanded 171 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it expanded 111 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skead Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Skead earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.25% more than the national average, earning R 459,240 per year; in United States they earn 32.47% more than the national average, earning $57,161 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.86% less than the national average, earning $46,771 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sked89658/
Skad893/
Skyhead831/
Skedd80224/
Skeat80139/
Shkad8061/
Skeid8047/
Skeed8031/
Skedå802/
Skyed802/
Shked802/
Skaid802/
Skhad801/
Skied801/
Skayd801/
Skeath73305/
Skeate73182/
Schead7332/
Skadds735/
Skoedt733/
Sckadt733/
Shkeed732/
Skeied731/
Skedch731/
Sckeid730/
Skeatt730/
Skat67621/
Sket67308/
Skid6717/
Xkad674/
Sketova673/
Skadova673/
Skač672/
Scad671/
Sqed671/
Skhoedt671/
Sqad671/
Skedova671/

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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 Skead
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