Skow Surname

206,890th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,002 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Skow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7651:205,35920,151
Australia831:325,24927,873
Canada771:478,51441,057
England331:1,688,42669,999
Norway111:467,48139,375
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States901:557,98538,227

Skow Last Name Facts

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

Skow is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Skow.

How Common Is The Last Name Skow? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 206,890th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 3,640,133 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Skow reside; 92 percent reside in North America and 92 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Skow is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,765 people, or 1 in 205,359. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 15 percent live, Minnesota, where 12 percent live and Iowa, where 11 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.

Skow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Skow surname expanded 1,961 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skow last name are 23.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.62% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Skow earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 41.2% more than the national average, earning 488,679 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.74% more than the national average, earning $47,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.21% more than the national average, earning $51,280 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skouw8913/
Skoow8912/
Skowa891/
Skows890/
Skov759,167/
Scow75747/
Skof75500/
Skaw75159/
Sqow752/
Zkow751/
Skuw751/
Schckow731/
Skoff67862/
Skouv6726/
Shkov6718/
Skova6713/
Skoof6713/
Skouf677/
Skovø677/
Øskov674/
Shkaw674/
Shkof672/
Szkob671/
Skauw671/
Xkkow671/
S'kof671/
Skawe671/
Shcow671/
Skoov671/
Skofe671/
Skhov671/
Skuov671/
Scgow671/
Åskov671/
Skovp671/
Scowe670/
Scouw670/

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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 Skow
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