Skiffer Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

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

Skiffer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skiffer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States891:4,072,572219,877
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Skiffer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skiffer is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skiffer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,943,350th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Skiffer are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 4,072,572. In The United States Skiffer is mostly found in: California, where 40 percent live, Mississippi, where 33 percent live and Louisiana, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Skiffer exists in one country. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent live.

Skiffer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skiffer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Skiffer surname expanded 742 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Skiffer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skiffer last name are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.

Skiffer earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 39.79% less than the national average, earning $25,978 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skieffer933/
Skiffe923/
Skifer923/
Skeffer8639/
Skiffey8621/
Skife839/
Shciffer801/
Skaife77769/
Skiefe772/
Skefer771/
Shkife771/
Skifie771/
Sqiffe771/
Skiffy771/
Scheiffer75435/
Schiffher751/
Schifer71310/
Scaiffe714/
Schiffe713/
Scuffer712/
Scaifer711/
Skeffir711/
Scäffer711/
Shkaife711/
Skipher711/
Schipfer67354/
Skifa67173/
Skiffich677/
Skifi672/
Scgeffer672/
Skefe671/
Skyfe671/
Schcifer671/
Schiffey670/

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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
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  • 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 Skiffer
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