Skews Surname

581,222nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Skews Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skews Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2151:259,15420,728
New Zealand821:55,2238,747
United States761:4,769,196247,034
Australia651:415,31833,226
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Zimbabwe201:771,91253,776
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
France91:7,380,302306,885
Cook Islands61:3,030708
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England981:248,72818,134
Wales71:224,0598,079
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States211:2,391,366115,093

Skews Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skews occurs most in England. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skews? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 581,222nd most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 13,495,455 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 42 percent of Skews are found; 41 percent are found in Northern Europe and 40 percent are found in British Isles.

Skews is most frequent in England, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 259,154. In England Skews is mostly concentrated in: Cornwall, where 33 percent live, South Yorkshire, where 12 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent live. Barring England Skews is found in 15 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Skews Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skews has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Skews surname expanded 219 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 362 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skews Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skews surname are 15.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Skews earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 120.01% more than the national average, earning R 522,828 per year and in United States they earn 12.78% more than the national average, earning $48,663 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skew89628/
Shkew802/
Skeew801/
Skows800/
Schews732/
Skheew731/
Skeffs730/
Skef6734/
Skjw671/
Skheejw671/
Zkew671/

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Skews Reference & Research

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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 Skews
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