Skein Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Skein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 173 | 1:156,045 | 16,383 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 22 | 1:1,107,971 | 42,566 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 141 | 1:356,161 | 27,153 |
Skein (57) may also be a first name.
Skein Demographics
Average Skein Salary in
South Africa
R 386,568
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Skein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Skein is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skein? popularity and diffusion
It is the 926,175th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Skein live; 61 percent live in Australasia and 61 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 57 people.
The surname Skein is most widespread in Australia, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 156,045. In Australia Skein is mostly found in: New South Wales, where 58 percent are found, Northern Territory, where 26 percent are found and Queensland, where 6 percent are found. Beside Australia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 34 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.
Skein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Skein has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Skein surname fell 50 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 99 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Skein Last Name Statistics demography
Skein earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 62.67% more than the national average, earning R 386,568 per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Skein
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