Skipper Surname

29,153rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,405 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Nauru

Skipper Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the skipper,' a captain of a ship.

Herman le Skippere, Close Rolls, 12 Edward II.

1646. Married — Thomas Skipper and Ann Cornwell: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1657. John Skipper to Elizabeth Kelke: St.

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Skipper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,2771:27,3003,408
England2,2881:24,3523,362
Denmark9071:6,224573
Australia7181:37,5984,912
New Zealand4471:10,1301,763
Canada3621:101,78311,046
South Africa711:763,06652,802
Sweden311:317,63722,171
Russia251:5,764,922242,644
Scotland241:223,07611,507
France231:2,887,944200,772
Wales221:140,66110,115
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Guam121:13,3432,098
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
India81:95,883,173728,828
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Panama61:652,04310,051
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
United Arab Emirates51:1,832,45558,414
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
Vietnam41:23,161,5143,610
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Greece31:3,693,263126,191
Faroe Islands31:16,3331,308
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Honduras31:2,938,8147,190
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
China21:683,660,78330,601
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Nauru21:5,940420
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
San Marino11:33,214932
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,1211:21,7443,080
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2531:40,0794,715

Skipper (1,568) may also be a first name.

Skipper Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the skipper,' a captain of a ship.

Herman le Skippere, Close Rolls, 12 Edward II.

1646. Married — Thomas Skipper and Ann Cornwell: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1657. John Skipper to Elizabeth Kelke: St. Michael, Cornhill.

James Skipper, 1738, Norwich: History of Norfolk.

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

From the occupation, a 'shipmaster.' William Skipper in Aberdeen, 1493 (CRA., p. 50). Marjory Skipper in Edinburgh, 1669 (Edinb. Mart.).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(Low Teutonic) Shipmaster; orig. Sailor [Middle English skipper(e, Dano-Norwegian skipper = Swedish skeppare, shipmaster-Old Norse skipari, sailor, seaman; also Dutch schipper (pron. almost skipper), captain, master, boatman] Cp. Shipper.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Anglo-Saxon scipere, a sailor. The word is now applied to the commander of a ship.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Schipper; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Skipper Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skipper (Russian: Скиппер) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skipper? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 29,153rd most prevalent family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 395,955 people. The surname Skipper occurs mostly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Skipper reside; 74 percent reside in North America and 74 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 195,556th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 1,568 people.

The surname Skipper is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 13,277 people, or 1 in 27,300. In The United States Skipper is most prevalent in: Florida, where 14 percent reside, South Carolina, where 10 percent reside and North Carolina, where 9 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 82 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Denmark, where 5 percent reside.

Skipper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Skipper has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Skipper surname rose 1,060 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 204 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 550 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skipper Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skipper last name are 19.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.1% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Skipper earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.47% less than the national average, earning R 184,236 per year; in United States they earn 8.76% less than the national average, earning $39,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.16% more than the national average, earning $50,754 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Skipper Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skipper in the Russian language
Скипперskipper-

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Skipper Reference & Research

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