Skretting Surname

328,117th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skretting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skretting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway9501:5,413538
Canada1261:292,42527,191
Sweden261:378,72126,697
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Skretting Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skretting is carried by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skretting? popularity and diffusion

The last name Skretting is the 328,117th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 6,443,454 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Skretting live; 87 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is held by 950 people, or 1 in 5,413. In Norway Skretting is primarily concentrated in: Western Norway, where 78 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 11 percent are found and Southern Norway, where 10 percent are found. Barring Norway this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Skretting Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Skretting last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the party.

The amount Skretting earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.76% more than the national average, earning 359,090 kr per year; in United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.59% less than the national average, earning $43,429 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skreteiing841/
Skreding824/
Screeting780/
Sckwarting741/
Skarding7134/
Scarting713/
Skretnek711/
Scherting67113/
Skjerding672/
Sekretnko671/
Skrutinik671/
Sikhrueatong671/

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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 Skretting
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