Skum Surname

1,286,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 177 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1101:46,7486,702
Sweden341:289,61020,124
Cambodia131:1,191,3195,802
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Russia21:72,061,528727,117

Skum (12) may also be a first name.

Skum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Skum (Russian: Скум) is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Skum.

How Common Is The Last Name Skum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,286,243rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 41,172,576 people. The surname Skum occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Skum are found; 86 percent are found in Northern Europe and 86 percent are found in Scandinavia. Skum is also the 3,306,491st most frequent given name globally, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 46,748. In Norway it is most frequent in: Northern Norway, where 96 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 2 percent are found and Central Norway, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Norway this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 19 percent are found and Cambodia, where 7 percent are found.

Skum Last Name Statistics demography

Skum earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 27.91% less than the national average, earning 249,501 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skoum89240/
Skume894/
Skåum893/
Skumm890/
Skom755,249/
Zkum751/
Skumova735/
Scaum6792/
Hskom6726/
Sskom6721/
Zkoum671/
Xkuym671/
Skoom671/
Scumm671/
Skommm607/
Scom50190/
Zkom504/

Skum Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Skum in the Russian language
Скумskum-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Skum
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