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 surname Skeif is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skeif? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skeif is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Skeif is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Skeif live; 34 percent live in Western Europe and 34 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

This last name is most frequent in France, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 4,151,420. In France Skeif is primarily found in: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 94 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 6 percent are found. Beside France Skeif is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Skeif Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skeif has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Skeif last name grew 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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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  • 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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