Skjelten Surname

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

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjelten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjelten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway901:57,1378,183
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Skjelten Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skjelten is more frequently found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjelten? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,860,621st most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Skjelten are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The surname Skjelten is most frequent in Norway, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 57,137. In Norway Skjelten is most numerous in: Western Norway, where 74 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 10 percent are found and Central Norway, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Norway this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Skjelten Last Name Statistics demography

Skjelten earn around the same as the average income. In Norway they earn 4.28% more than the national average, earning 360,888 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skelten930/
Skjelden885/
Skeelten880/
Skeltienė821/
Skeltiene821/
Skelton8035,872/
Skeltan804/
Skilten800/
Skeltin800/
Skelden800/
Skjolden75269/
Skeltina7525/
Skeleton7513/
Skellton751/
Skeelton751/
Sckelton751/
Skeltonw750/
Skeliton750/
Sakeldien7118/
Sickelton7114/
Skeltonii712/
Skelleton711/
Skilton673,602/
Skeldon671,314/
Skliutienė6775/
Skultan6739/
Sakieldien6733/
Skalden6733/
Skultin6712/
Skliutiene674/
Sukltan672/
Scolten672/
Skladen672/
Seklton671/
Skloden671/
Skleton671/
Skleden671/
Skellytown671/
Skalton670/

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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 Skjelten
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