Skirton Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Skirton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skirton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England701:795,97243,050
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
Scotland51:748,64318,576

Skirton Last Name Facts

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

Skirton occurs most in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skirton? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skirton is the 2,075,631st most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Skirton live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 795,972. In England it is most frequent in: Somerset, where 64 percent live, Gloucestershire, where 16 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 6 percent live. Not including England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Scotland, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Skirton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Skirton has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 140 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skirtun86126/
Skerton8624/
Skurton861/
Skearton801/
Scheirton757/
Skyrtan7115/
Skirtuń717/
Screton711/
Scurton711/
Scretton671/
Scredton670/
Škurtan5715/
Scurtan574/
Schertan531/
Scherthan50122/

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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 Skirton
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