Skesters Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Skesters Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 48 | 1:42,709 | 6,498 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
The alternate forms: Šķesters (2) are calculated separately.
Skesters Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skesters Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skesters is found most frequently in Latvia. It may be rendered as a variant: Šķesters. For other potential spellings of Skesters click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skesters? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,776,799th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Skesters reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 98 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Latvia, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 42,709. In Latvia Skesters is most common in: Latgale, where 73 percent are found, Vidzeme, where 13 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Latvia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Scotland, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Skesters
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