Skelić Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Highest density in:
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Skelić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skelić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bosnia and Herzegovina791:44,7655,908
Croatia321:132,14418,905
Serbia271:264,62814,268
Slovenia151:165,84514,188
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Skelic (37) are calculated separately.

Skelić Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skelić is found most in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It may be found in the variant forms: Skelic. Click here for other potential spellings of Skelić.

How Common Is The Last Name Skelić? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,409,418th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 47,321,727 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Skelić live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

It is most widely held in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 44,765. In Bosnia and Herzegovina it is mostly concentrated in: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 75 percent are found and Republika Srpska, where 25 percent are found. Other than Bosnia and Herzegovina this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 21 percent are found and Serbia, where 18 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skelic9437/
Skalić83262/
Škalić67148/
Skalič6743/
Školić6711/
Skelec676/
Škilić671/
Skilich6253/
Skalitz6241/
Skolits6234/
Skalicz629/
Skilici622/
Skelecz622/
Skolitz621/
Skilitz621/
Škalič50149/
Scaliz507/

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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 Skelić
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