Skelter Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Skelter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skelter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England41:13,929,515290,718
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Skelter Last Name Facts

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

Skelter (Russian: Скелтер) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Skelter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skelter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skelter is the 4,772,636th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Skelter occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Skelter live; 35 percent live in North America and 29 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 40 percent reside, Arizona, where 20 percent reside and California, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 24 percent reside and Russia, where 24 percent reside.

Skelter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Skelter has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skelter surname grew 500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skilter860/
Schelter801,294/
Skiltere8012/
Skillter800/
Sckleter800/
Scheelter751/
Schellter750/
Schelltter711/
Shcilter671/
Schilther631/
Šķiltere531/

Skelter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skelter in the Russian language
Скелтерskelter-

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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 Skelter
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