Skills Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Skills Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skills Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Skills (29) may also be a first name.

Skills Last Name Facts

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

Skills (Russian: Скиллс) is carried by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skills? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skills is the 8,968,613th most common family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Skills is primarily found in Africa, where 25 percent of Skills live; 25 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most prevalent forename at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.

The surname Skills is most widely held in Canada, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada Skills is most numerous in: Ontario, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Canada this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and Iran, where 25 percent reside.

Skills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Skills has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skilles926/
Skils912/
Skilleås8621/
Skillz83111/
Skells83111/
Skillx831/
Skilse830/
Skiels830/
Schills7712/
Skelles772/
Skillch770/
Skels7397/
Skilz7313/
Skles734/
Skeels672,880/
Skilje6717/
Shkles679/
Shsckells670/
Squils670/
Shckles620/
Schillz620/
Xkls601/
Zkls601/
Schelles57323/
Sklez55392/
Skleś552/
Scles552/
Schilz502,247/
Schels501,332/
Skeelz501/
Scless501/
Scoels500/

Skills Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skills in the Russian language
Скиллсskills-

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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 Skills
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