Skjong Surname

717,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 407 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skjong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skjong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway3681:13,9741,615
United States351:10,355,970420,657
England21:27,859,030389,889
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Skjong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skjong is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Skjong click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skjong? popularity and diffusion

Skjong is the 717,442nd most prevalent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 17,905,518 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Skjong reside; 91 percent reside in Northern Europe and 90 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is borne by 368 people, or 1 in 13,974. In Norway Skjong is most common in: Western Norway, where 86 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 11 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 2 percent are found. Not including Norway it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Skjong Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Skjong last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Skjong earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 31.6% more than the national average, earning 455,429 kr per year and in United States they earn 18.65% less than the national average, earning $35,103 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skjon911/
Skion733/
Skeon731/
Skyon730/
Skjoiten7128/
Scajon672/
Skehon671/
Skijan671/
Skjhan671/
Skyang671/

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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 Skjong
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