Skerving Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jamaica
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Skerving Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Skerving 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
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719

Skerving Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skerving is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skerving? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Skerving are found; 64 percent are found in Caribbean and 64 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.

It is most frequently held in Jamaica, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 318,883. In Jamaica Skerving is most frequent in: Cornwall County, where 100 percent are found. Not including Jamaica Skerving exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Sweden, where 14 percent are found.

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
Skervin93285/
Skirving88622/
Skarving8828/
Scherving821/
Skirvin801,410/
Skerven8082/
Skierven751/
Skirvine751/
Jskirvin751/
Scarving750/
Skirven6767/
Skjrven671/
Screvin671/
Skjærven6350/
Scherven6341/
Schirvin630/
Scherwein591/
Screven53170/
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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 Skerving
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