Skjelle Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjelle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjelle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway971:53,0137,617
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Skjelle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skjelle occurs more in Norway more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Skjelle.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjelle? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,860,621st most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Skjelle live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.

Skjelle is most commonly used in Norway, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 53,013. In Norway it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 98 percent live and Northern Norway, where 2 percent live. Beside Norway this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Skjelle Last Name Statistics demography

Skjelle earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 7.78% more than the national average, earning 373,000 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjellet9358/
Skjele921/
Skielle861/
Skjel8321/
Skieller8046/
Skjøllet801/
Skielley800/
Skjeld772/
Skjäll771/
Skiele771/
Skgell770/
Skehill71332/
Shkiele717/
Skjølet717/
Skjeløy714/
Skijelj712/
Skijeli711/
Skieles711/
Skyelea711/
Skielly710/
Skjäl6748/
Skiel6741/
Skeahill671/
Sckieler670/

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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 Skjelle
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