Skela Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Skela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 47 | 1:52,929 | 8,569 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Albania | 13 | 1:224,158 | 14,039 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
The alternate forms: Šķēla (1) are calculated separately.
Skela (51) may also be a first name.
Skela Demographics
Skela Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Skela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Skela (Russian: Скела) is more commonly found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šķēla. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Skela? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,666,404th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Skela are found; 56 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 45 percent are found in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 51 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 47 people, or 1 in 52,929. In Slovenia Skela is primarily found in: Drava, where 91 percent reside, Coastal-Karst, where 6 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Slovenia this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 19 percent reside and Albania, where 11 percent reside.
Skela Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
Phonetically Similar Names
Skela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Skela in the Russian language | ||
| Скела | skela | - |
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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 Skela
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