Skill Surname

397,886th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 885 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Skill Surname Definition:

Camden renders shell "a well, in the Northern English." Skyll and Skell are also found. But see Skull.

Skill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2361:1,535,843104,072
Iran1881:408,41826,045
England1661:335,65124,624
Sweden771:127,8809,055
India341:22,560,747316,052
Canada331:1,116,53381,834
Australia321:843,61652,533
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
China41:341,830,39216,990
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Iceland11:380,09011,096
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1111:219,59816,839
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Skill (121) may also be a first name.

Skill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Camden renders shell "a well, in the Northern English." Skyll and Skell are also found. But see Skull.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Skill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skill (Arabic: سكيل) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skill? popularity and diffusion

Skill is the 397,886th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 8,234,515 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 34 percent of Skill live; 31 percent live in North America and 30 percent live in Anglo-North America. Skill is also the 848,089th most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 121 people.

This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 1,535,843. In The United States Skill is primarily found in: California, where 22 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and New Jersey, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 21 percent reside and England, where 19 percent reside.

Skill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Skill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Skill last name rose 445 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skill Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Skill surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Skill surname are 17.67% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.44% registered with the party.

The amount Skill earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.98% less than the national average, earning $41,430 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning $50,071 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skillt9119/
Skil89149/
Skll891/
Skilltt830/
Shkil801,441/
Szkil80108/
Skell8089/
Skiel8041/
Skild808/
Skyll803/
Sjkil801/
Skkil801/
Skilt801/
Skl75102/
Szkiel7364/
Sckell7360/
Skiøld7317/
Shkiel737/
Shskil732/
Shkell732/
Skilph731/
Skeell730/
Skellt730/
Skel6779/
Skilova6760/
Schiøll6735/
Skyl676/
Škil675/
Zschill673/
Shkl673/
Skcl672/
Scll672/
Sklt671/
Sgkl671/
Sckl671/
Schkell671/
Sjkl671/
Xkil671/
Jskl671/

Skill Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skill in the Arabic language
سكيلskyl-

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