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

The surname Skills (Russian: Скиллс) is more frequently found in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skills? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 25 percent of Skills are found; 25 percent are found in West Africa and 25 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Skills is also the 1,951,561st most numerous first name world-wide, held by 29 people.

The last name Skills is most frequently held in Canada, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada it is most numerous in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Beside Canada Skills occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent live and Iran, where 25 percent live.

Skills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skills has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name contracted 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
  • 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 Skills
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