Skeif Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Skeif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skeif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France161:4,151,420237,746
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Skeif Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skeif is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skeif? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most frequently held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Skeif are found; 34 percent are found in Western Europe and 34 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Skeif is most numerous in France, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France it is mostly found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 94 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 6 percent reside. Outside of France this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 13 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Skeif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skeif has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skeif last name expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skeiff910/
Skef8934/
Skif8933/
Skiff801,282/
Skeef80482/
Skaif80250/
Skeff80107/
Skief8091/
Skeaf8012/
Skyef809/
Skife809/
Skift808/
Shkif802/
Skeyf801/
Skaef801/
Sckef801/
Skefe801/
Skaife73769/
Skeaff7330/
Skieff7325/
Skiffe733/
Shkief731/
Shkife731/
Shkefe731/
Skiffs731/
Sckiff730/
Skeffs730/
Skaf674,662/
Skew67628/
Scheiff67287/
Shkheib6730/
Skifova6721/
Skiv675/
Sqef672/
Xkif671/
Sqif671/
Shkaife671/
Skyf671/

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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 Skeif
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