Skehal Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Skehal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skehal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:669,22723,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Skehal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skehal is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skehal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skehal is the 5,812,366th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. Skehal is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of Skehal reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 91 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in Scotland, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 669,227. In Scotland Skehal is most common in: Glasgow City, where 63 percent live, Renfrewshire, where 13 percent live and City of Edinburgh, where 13 percent live. Outside of Scotland this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Skehal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skehall920/
Skeal911/
Shkeal831/
Skhail831/
Skihal831/
Skeholt773/
Skihall770/
Skeel732,055/
Skiel7341/
Skeil7316/
Skael738/
Skayl736/
Skial733/
Skeyl732/
Skail732/
Skjal731/
Skeyhill7113/
Schehall710/
Shkeel67559/
Shkeul67150/
Szkiel6764/
Shkiel677/
Shkail673/
Shkeil672/
Skeile672/
Shkial672/
Skaill671/
Hskeel671/
Shkael671/
Sckail671/
Hzkeal671/
Sqhail671/
Skeell670/

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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 Skehal
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