Skull Surname

446,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Israel

Skull Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Scowle'

William Scowle, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1579. Ralph Skull and Margery Turnor: Marriage Lic. (London).

1808. Married — William Adcock and Winifred Skull: St.

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Skull Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3251:171,44015,745
United States1561:2,323,455144,218
Israel821:104,36111,903
Australia521:519,14839,018
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Italy221:2,779,84997,128
India81:95,883,173728,828
Cambodia71:2,212,4497,503
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Wales51:618,90625,852
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
France11:66,422,722504,397
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2511:97,1139,892
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States991:507,25935,553

Skull (82) may also be a first name.

Skull Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Scowle'

William Scowle, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1579. Ralph Skull and Margery Turnor: Marriage Lic. (London).

1808. Married — William Adcock and Winifred Skull: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) the Norse Skule: v. under Sculthorpe.

This name occurs in the Linc.. Hundred- Rolls (a.d. 1274) as Scowle.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Mr. Ferguson fetches this name from Old Norse skule, signifying a protector.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Skull, in the Barony of Carbery, co. Cork.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Old Norse, Skuli; from the Dutch, Schule; from the Flemish, Schul; in the Domesday Book, Scule; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Skull Last Name Facts

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

Skull is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Skull? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 446,740th most widespread family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 9,551,174 people. The last name Skull is primarily found in Europe, where 48 percent of Skull are found; 44 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 1,060,447th most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 82 people.

The surname Skull is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 325 people, or 1 in 171,440. In England Skull is most common in: Greater London, where 18 percent live, Wiltshire, where 13 percent live and Surrey, where 12 percent live. Apart from England Skull occurs in 51 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live and Israel, where 11 percent live.

Skull Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Skull has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Skull surname increased 129 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Skull Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Skull are 30.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.14% being registered with the political party.

The amount Skull earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 6.38% more than the national average, earning $45,902 USD per year and in Canada they earn 31.61% less than the national average, earning $33,979 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skul89208/
Skutell832/
Skhuhll830/
Scull805,268/
Skoll80146/
Skule8086/
Shkul8081/
Skutl8023/
Szkul801/
Sckul801/
Shkeul73150/
Skutil7383/
Skuldt7354/
Skutel7342/
Skusil7318/
Skulth735/
Szkult735/
Sculle733/
Shkoll731/
Shcull731/
Skucel731/
D'Skul731/
Skaule731/
Sckoll730/
Scoull730/
Skulova67284/
Skol67249/
Skulová67106/
Zkul6738/
Shkutel6714/
Scul6712/
Håskoll679/
Skaugli675/
Schkoll672/
D'Scull671/
Scheull670/

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