Skjäl Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Skjäl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 43 | 1:127,830 | 12,225 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
The alternate forms: Skjal (1) are calculated separately.
Skjäl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skjäl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skjäl is carried by more people in Finland than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Skjal. For other possible spellings of Skjäl click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skjäl? popularity and diffusion
The last name Skjäl is the 2,808,717th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Skjäl are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Skjäl is most frequently occurring in Finland, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 127,830. In Finland it is mostly concentrated in: Ostrobothnia, where 88 percent are found and Uusimaa, where 12 percent are found. Beside Finland it exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Skjäl
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