Skyttä Surname
Approximately 609 people bear this surname
Skyttä Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 577 | 1:9,526 | 1,492 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
The alternate forms: Skytta (158) are calculated separately.
Skyttä Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skyttä Come From? nationality or country of origin
Skyttä occurs more in Finland more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Skytta. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Skyttä? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 530,954th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,966,414 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Skyttä are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in Scandinavia.
It is most commonly held in Finland, where it is carried by 577 people, or 1 in 9,526. In Finland Skyttä is most frequent in: Uusimaa, where 31 percent live, Kymenlaakso, where 18 percent live and Southwest Finland, where 15 percent live. Apart from Finland it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Estonia, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 1 percent live.
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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 Skyttä
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