Skife Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Venezuela

Skife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Skife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skife is found in Venezuela more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skife? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skife is the 6,360,413th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Skife are found; 67 percent are found in South America and 67 percent are found in Caribbean South America.

Skife is most commonly held in Venezuela, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 5,034,013. In Venezuela Skife is most frequent in: Aragua, where 83 percent are found and Miranda, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Venezuela it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Sweden, where 11 percent are found.

Skife Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skife has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skife surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skaife91769/
Skiffe913/
Skiefe912/
Shkife911/
Skifie911/
Skif8933/
Skiffer8392/
Skiffey8321/
Shkaife831/
Skiff801,282/
Skaif80250/
Skifa80173/
Skief8091/
Skeif8047/
Skafe809/
Skift808/
Skufe806/
Skifi802/
Shkif802/
Skyfe801/
Skiev801/
Skefe801/
Scaife736,085/
Skieff7325/
Shkiev737/
Skufea737/
Shkifi733/
Skiffs731/
Skiffy731/
Sqiffe731/
Schife731/
Skaifi731/
Skaffe731/
Shkefe731/
Skhifa731/
Shkifa731/
Shkief731/
Skefer731/
Sckiff730/
Skeiff730/
Scoife730/
Skew67628/
Scheife6745/
Skeffer6739/
Skef6734/
Skifova6721/
Skoufes6714/
Scaiefe6712/
Skifich6711/
Skiv675/
Scaiffe674/
Schiffe673/
Shkhiev672/
Schifey671/
Skipher671/
Skyf671/
Skaifii671/
Shkeifa671/
Scaifer671/
Sqif671/
Xkif671/

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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 Skife
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