Skerk Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Skerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Skerk Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy951:643,75557,578
Argentina531:806,48053,420
Croatia41:1,057,15157,892
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Škerk (9) are calculated separately.

Skerk Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skerk occurs in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Škerk. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skerk? popularity and diffusion

Skerk is the 1,391,595th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Skerk are found; 61 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 61 percent are found in Italic Europe.

It is most frequently used in Italy, where it is carried by 95 people, or 1 in 643,755. In Italy Skerk is most frequent in: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where 99 percent reside and Piedmont, where 1 percent reside. Barring Italy this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 34 percent reside and Croatia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Škerk939/
Skerke91105/
Skierk911/
Skeirek832/
Skeerek831/
Skark8064/
Skrek8055/
Skřek8032/
Skork8010/
Skirk803/
Skyrk801/
Schkerke7741/
Skerkova771/
Skirke7379/
Skärke737/
Skorck731/
Søkirk731/
Skoerg731/
Skairek674/
Sckreck672/
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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 Skerk
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