Sketheway Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sketheway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sketheway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sketheway Last Name Facts

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

Sketheway is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sketheway? popularity and diffusion

Sketheway is the 11,742,229th most numerous family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Sketheway occurs mostly in Asia, where 50 percent of Sketheway reside; 50 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Tai-Asia.

The last name Sketheway is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Sketheway is most prevalent in: Tyne and Wear, where 100 percent are found. Other than England this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 50 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skitheway890/
Skethaway890/
Shketieva6710/
Scathaway670/
Sqetywa631/
Shketovy591/
Schettewi5612/
Skiteva5075/
Skytyba5074/
Skityba5026/
Skitiba5024/
Skyteva5023/

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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 Sketheway
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