Skellow Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Skellow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skellow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340

Skellow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skellow occurs most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skellow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 11,742,229th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Skellow is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Skellow are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in British Isles.

Skellow is most numerous in England, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most frequent in: Cheshire, where 50 percent are found and South Yorkshire, where 50 percent are found.

Skellow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skellow has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Skellow last name declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sklow8345/
Schellow809/
Skllof771/
Schillow6760/
Sklov6744/
Sklaw6725/
Schellhof631/
Skloff6273/
Shklov6256/
Sklovz621/
Schellhoff5922/
Shklova5723/
Shkloff571/
Sklafova531/
Schellauf50104/
Schilloff5018/
Schillhof5011/
Schelluph500/
Sclaw500/

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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 Skellow
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