Skerman Surname

534,813th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 603 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Skerman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skerman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia4201:64,2757,702
England941:592,74535,632
New Zealand541:83,85811,975
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Israel91:950,84857,975
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071

Skerman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skerman is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Skerman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skerman? popularity and diffusion

It is the 534,813th most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. It is mostly found in Oceania, where 79 percent of Skerman live; 79 percent live in Australasia and 79 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Skerman is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 64,275. In Australia Skerman is most prevalent in: Queensland, where 85 percent reside, Victoria, where 7 percent reside and Western Australia, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Australia Skerman is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent reside and New Zealand, where 9 percent reside.

Skerman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skerman has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Skerman surname increased 254 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skerman Last Name Statistics demography

Skerman earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 88.05% less than the national average, earning R 28,404 per year.

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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 Skerman
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