Skegg Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Skegg Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) Rough - Haired, Shaggy [the Old Norse skegg, a beard (= Old English sceagga, nair), gave rise to the pers. names Skegg-r and Skeggi] Richard Skegge.—Chesh. Chmbrlns’. Accts., A.D. 1303-4.

Skegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia1341:201,46019,724
England741:752,94741,527
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:201,44915,997
Jersey21:25,9413,069
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Skegg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) Rough - Haired, Shaggy [the Old Norse skegg, a beard (= Old English sceagga, nair), gave rise to the pers. names Skegg-r and Skeggi] Richard Skegge.—Chesh. Chmbrlns’. Accts., A.D. 1303-4.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

As we find the genitive Skeggs, and the local names Skegby and Skegness, I think this must have been an old Scandinavian personal name.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Old Norse, Skaggi; from the Danish, Schek; from the Dutch, Scheick; from the German, Schech; from the Flemish, Schaek; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Skegg Last Name Facts

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

Skegg is most common in Australia. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skegg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skegg is the 1,064,392nd most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 31,143,359 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 64 percent of Skegg live; 64 percent live in Australasia and 64 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most commonly used in Australia, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 201,460. In Australia Skegg is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 73 percent are found, Tasmania, where 13 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 9 percent are found. Besides Australia it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 32 percent are found and New Zealand, where 7 percent are found.

Skegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skegg has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Skegg last name fell 39 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skeg890/
Skägg8021/
Skigg801/
Sgkeg801/
Skegs800/
Skieg800/
Skiggs73169/
Skiegh731/
Skeegs730/
Skec6786/
Skek6739/
Scheigg672/
Skeq671/
Skig670/

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