Skilja Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Albania
Highest density in:
Albania

Skilja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skilja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Albania1841:15,8372,819
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Škilja (3) are calculated separately.

Skilja Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skilja is carried by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Škilja. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skilja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Skilja is the 1,185,157th most frequent last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Skilja reside; 95 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 92 percent reside in Albano-Europe.

The last name Skilja is most frequently held in Albania, where it is held by 184 people, or 1 in 15,837. In Albania it is primarily concentrated in: Durrës County, where 56 percent live, Elbasan County, where 36 percent live and Tirana County, where 5 percent live. Besides Albania it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 2 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.

Skilja Last Name Statistics demography

Skilja earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning $11,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Škilja943/
Skiljo8366/
Skilje8317/
Skeljaj772/
Skiljić772/
Schilja770/
Škiljo67664/
Skeleđija6736/
Skeljo6719/
Skilco671/
Skileo671/
Škiljić62113/
Sculija625/
Shklecha572/
Schileha570/
Škeljo5097/
Skelie501/
Skelso500/

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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 Skilja
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