Skiff Surname

297,301st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Skiff Surname Definition:

A U.S. name. Perhaps from Anglo-Saxon scife, scyfe, a precipice.

Skiff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2461:290,89826,994
England161:3,482,379114,324
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5291:94,9319,707

Skiff (37) may also be a first name.

Skiff Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A U.S. name. Perhaps from Anglo-Saxon scife, scyfe, a precipice.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Skiff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skiff is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skiff? popularity and diffusion

Skiff is the 297,301st most widespread family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,684,513 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Skiff reside; 94 percent reside in North America and 94 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Skiff is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring forename worldwide It is held by 37 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 1,246 people, or 1 in 290,898. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Apart from The United States it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and Israel, where 0 percent reside.

Skiff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skiff has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skiff last name rose 236 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skiff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skiff surname are 20.02% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.79% being registered with the political party.

Skiff earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.17% less than the national average, earning $43,075 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skieff9125/
Skiffe913/
Skiffs911/
Sckiff910/
Skeiff910/
Skif8933/
Skaif80250/
Skeff80107/
Skief8091/
Skeif8047/
Skife809/
Skift808/
Shkif802/
Skyff801/
Skaife73769/
Scaiff7350/
Skeaff7330/
Squiff7314/
Shkief731/
Shkife731/
Sqiffe731/
Skeffs730/
Scuiff730/
Scheiff67287/
Schijff67189/
Skef6734/
Skifova6721/
Skiv675/
Scaiffe674/
Xkif671/
Sqif671/
Shkaife671/
Skyf671/
Squieff671/

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