Skilly Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Skilly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skilly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Wales41:392,10412,338
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Skilly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skilly is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skilly? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Skilly occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Skilly reside; 42 percent reside in Southern Africa and 42 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Skilly is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most common in: Western Cape, where 88 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 26 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Skilly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skilly has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 78 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skilly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Skilly last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Skilly earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.7% less than the national average, earning R 60,120 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skilley921/
Skielly920/
Skielley860/
Skelly8310,486/
Skille83373/
Skilla8322/
Skilli831/
Sklley830/
Skly803/
Skelley772,871/
Skilles776/
Skillie775/
Scuilly772/
Shkilla771/
Skielle771/
Skillee771/
Skillis770/
Sckelly770/
Skellay770/
Squilly770/
Skeelly770/
Skley738/
Sklya732/
Sklyi731/
Schillay7128/
Skilleås7121/
Skillich716/
Shkiller716/
Schilley715/
Skillets711/
Skillitt710/
Skylla67117/
Skella6735/
Skelli675/
Skelle673/
Sqully671/
Xkelly671/
Skilletts670/
Sckley670/

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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 Skilly
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