Sklar Surname

80,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,043 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sklar Surname Definition:

(Czech-Slovakian, Ukranian) One who made and sold glass and glassware, a glazier.

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Sklar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,4901:80,7269,179
Israel5911:14,4802,179
Canada3551:103,79011,219
Brazil1971:1,086,67238,023
Argentina1261:339,23326,703
England731:763,26141,903
South Africa651:833,50355,653
Germany271:2,981,684140,707
Latvia261:78,84811,595
Ukraine201:2,276,135151,395
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Austria101:851,54467,454
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852

The alternate forms: Sklár (36), Sklář (313) & Šklár (2) are calculated separately.

Sklar (26) may also be a first name.

Sklar Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Czech-Slovakian, Ukranian) One who made and sold glass and glassware, a glazier.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

(from an ancestor's occupation) Polish and Ukrainian for “glazier.”

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

Sklar means 'glazier' in the Czech language.

- richardsklar

Sklar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sklar (Russian: Склар) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Sklár, Sklář or Šklár. For other potential spellings of Sklar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sklar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 80,565th most commonly held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,205,948 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Sklar live; 80 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sklar is also the 2,084,397th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 26 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 4,490 people, or 1 in 80,726. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent are found, California, where 14 percent are found and Florida, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States it exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Sklar Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sklar are 42.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.35% being registered with the party.

The amount Sklar earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 0.14% less than the national average, earning R 237,300 per year; in United States they earn 33.12% more than the national average, earning $57,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 39.42% more than the national average, earning $69,268 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sklár9336/
Skliar919,089/
Sklyar916,485/
Sklarz91313/
Szklar91242/
Sklare91182/
Shklar91103/
Sklair9155/
Sklaar9139/
Sklarr911/
Sklarp911/
Sklář87313/
Šklár872/
Shklyar833,965/
Shkliar832,803/
Szklarz832,381/
Schklar83111/
Sklaire8326/
Sıkılar8322/
Shklair8312/
Szhklar831/
Skellar831/
Skillar830/
Sclar80452/
Sklor805/
Sklarova7783/
Schklair7753/
Schkliar7715/
Sklarová771/
Skellard770/
Sklorz731,545/
Scliar73101/
Sclear7394/
Sclare7382/
Sclair7380/
Chklar7318/
Szclar7315/
Szklár739/
Şklyar734/
Sclarr732/
Shclar731/
Sclatr730/
Şıklar730/
Skliarova714,102/
Shklyarzh715/
Shklarova711/
Shklyarova67890/
Szklorz67289/
Shkliarova67177/
Schclar6716/
Sclaire6715/
Chkliar6712/
Sclaure672/
Szklyarova671/
Sqularz671/
Skillor670/

Sklar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sklar in the Russian language
Скларsklar-

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