Skjerping Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjerping Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjerping Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway2251:22,8552,984
United States381:9,538,393399,091
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Skjerping Last Name Facts

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

Skjerping is found in Norway more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjerping? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 978,274th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name Skjerping occurs predominantly in Europe, where 86 percent of Skjerping are found; 85 percent are found in Northern Europe and 85 percent are found in Scandinavia.

This surname is most frequent in Norway, where it is borne by 225 people, or 1 in 22,855. In Norway Skjerping is most frequent in: Western Norway, where 72 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 19 percent are found and Central Norway, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Norway Skjerping is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

Skjerping Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skjerping last name are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 88.89% registered with the political party.

The amount Skjerping earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 8.12% less than the national average, earning 317,976 kr per year and in United States they earn 16.29% less than the national average, earning $36,120 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjerpeng8911/
Skjerpen82145/
Skarping8210/
Skorping825/
Skerbing821/
Skerbinc7127/
Skirbing711/
Sakjirapong702/
Skerbinek6783/
Skripinec671/

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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 Skjerping
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