Skinns Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Skinns Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skinns Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1021:546,25533,762
Australia681:396,99632,204
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Skinns Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skinns is found in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Skinns click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skinns? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,295,379th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 59 percent of Skinns reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 58 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Skinns is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 546,255. In England it is most numerous in: Hampshire, where 24 percent reside, Lincolnshire, where 18 percent reside and Greater London, where 13 percent reside. Not including England this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Skinns Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skinns has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 392 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skins9116/
Skiens8323/
Skenns832/
Hskins830/
Skinse830/
Skimns830/
Skuinsh7721/
Sckenns772/
Sköns7314/
Skens735/
Skinz732/
Skyns731/
Sknse730/
Skinsova711/
Skeens673,924/
Skönås677/
Shkens673/
Sckinz671/
Skesns671/
Skince670/
Squins670/
Skehens6244/
Shkinch6215/
Xkns601/
Sknz601/
Scns601/
Schinsch570/
Skenz550/
Schinz50441/
Scaens501/
Skence500/

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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 Skinns
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