Skeme Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Skeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Skeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Skeme is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skeme? popularity and diffusion
The surname Skeme is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Skeme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Skeme are found; 67 percent are found in Southern Africa and 67 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,029,617. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 67 percent live, Eastern Cape, where 17 percent live and North West, where 17 percent live. Excluding South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeime | 91 | 38 | / |
| Skemes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Skem | 89 | 13 | / |
| Skeemer | 83 | 109 | / |
| Skeimer | 83 | 0 | / |
| Skemett | 83 | 0 | / |
| Skeem | 80 | 263 | / |
| Skime | 80 | 129 | / |
| Skeim | 80 | 85 | / |
| Skema | 80 | 35 | / |
| Skome | 80 | 28 | / |
| Skyme | 80 | 20 | / |
| Skiem | 80 | 9 | / |
| Skemi | 80 | 4 | / |
| Skame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Skeam | 80 | 0 | / |
| Skymer | 73 | 9 | / |
| Shkhem | 73 | 2 | / |
| Skhemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skeemh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shkemi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shkemy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shkeem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skheem | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skomea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Skimes | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schkemmer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schemme | 67 | 256 | / |
| Skym | 67 | 238 | / |
| Skim | 67 | 32 | / |
| Sqem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Scheeme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skåheim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skaitme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Skismer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Skimmet | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Skeme
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