Skullen Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Skullen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skullen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:764,83125,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland101:374,32210,959
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Skullen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skullen is most common in Scotland. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skullen? popularity and diffusion

Skullen is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Skullen live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

It is most frequently used in Scotland, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland Skullen is most frequent in: Glasgow City, where 57 percent live and North Lanarkshire, where 43 percent live.

Skullen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Skullen has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people who held the Skullen surname contracted 30 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skullien930/
Skulen921/
Scullen86739/
Skullin8611/
Scuillen802/
Skullion802/
Skulin77141/
Skolen7745/
Skulyn7716/
Skilen776/
Scullin711,562/
Skulina71498/
Scollen71346/
Shkulin7132/
Skulyna7115/
Skollin719/
Skutlin718/
Shkulyn715/
Shkolen712/
Shkulenova711/
Skaulin710/
Scaulen710/
Scullion676,911/
Scheulen67952/
Shkulina6740/
Shkulyna6722/
Sculling673/
Skolienė672/
Skauling670/

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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 Skullen
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