Skemp Surname

725,073rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 401 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Skemp Surname Definition:

From a French or Belgian local name ending in camp (L. campus). Scampton is the name of a parish co. Lincoln. See also Losecamp.

Skemp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3821:948,84570,809
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
England61:9,286,343223,652
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

Skemp Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From a French or Belgian local name ending in camp (L. campus). Scampton is the name of a parish co. Lincoln. See also Losecamp.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Skemp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skemp (Russian: Скемп) is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skemp? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 725,073rd most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 18,173,431 people. The surname Skemp is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Skemp live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 382 people, or 1 in 948,845. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 40 percent live, Iowa, where 11 percent live and California, where 8 percent live. Besides The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Skemp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skemp has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 979 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 81 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skemp Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skemp last name are 3.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.01% being registered with the political party.

Skemp earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.4% more than the national average, earning $53,244 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skempe91150/
Skomp80191/
Skamp8015/
Skimp800/
Schemp73120/
Åskamp731/
Schempf67375/
Scmp672/
Schemmp672/
Skpd671/
Sknp671/
Sqmp671/
Zkmp671/
Schemph670/
Scheimpf620/
Scamp60569/
Skebe60130/
Skibe6012/
Scomp6011/
Skäbe609/
Skybe603/
Skinp601/
Scmpe601/
Shkembova5711/
Schimp55386/
Skhebe5519/
Skebhe551/
Shcimp551/
Schimpp50157/
Schimph503/
Schenpp503/
Schcamp501/

Skemp Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skemp in the Russian language
Скемпskemp-

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