Skillman Surname

119,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,862 people bear this surname

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

Skillman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Skillman,' a man of reason, craft, knowledge.

Henry Skileman, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Skyleman, Norfolk, ibid.

Richard Skyleman Norfolk, ibid.

1802.

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Skillman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,6481:99,35811,038
England1471:379,03426,619
Canada201:1,842,280119,096
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
France21:33,211,361423,184
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England631:386,91123,603
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1151:45,0395,209

Skillman (13) may also be a first name.

Skillman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. 'Skillman,' a man of reason, craft, knowledge.

Henry Skileman, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Skyleman, Norfolk, ibid.

Richard Skyleman Norfolk, ibid.

1802. Married —William Smith and Mary Skillmon: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-Scand.), found in the Eastern counties in the 13th cent. as Skileman, Skyleman, is evid. an Anglicized form of the Old Norse skila-maðr, ‘trustworthy man’. [Old Norse skil (genit. pl. skila), discernment, knowledge, reason, etc. (English skill) + mað-r, man]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Skillman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skillman is most common in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Skillman? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 119,067th most common family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,886,988 people. The last name Skillman is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Skillman live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Skillman is also the 3,159,357th most common first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

Skillman is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 3,648 people, or 1 in 99,358. In The United States it is most prevalent in: California, where 12 percent live, Indiana, where 6 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Skillman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Skillman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Skillman last name expanded 327 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skillman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skillman surname are 22.65% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.42% being registered with the party.

Skillman earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 5.43% more than the national average, earning $45,490 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skillmann9418/
Skillmman940/
Skillmain940/
Skilman9311/
Skilmann881/
Skillmon880/
Skellman880/
Schillman8228/
Skillmond820/
Squillman820/
Skelman801/
Schillmann7886/
Skillmom751/
Schellman71308/
Schilmann7166/
Schellmann671,289/
Skelmon674/
Schellmaun670/
Shcleman632/
Schelmann598/
Schehlman590/
Sclmon571/
Schehlmann5654/

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