Skår Surname
Approximately 1,446 people bear this surname
Skår Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 1,416 | 1:3,632 | 331 |
| Sweden | 27 | 1:364,695 | 25,646 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Skår Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Skår Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Skår has its highest incidence in Norway. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Skår? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 269,873rd most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,039,797 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Skår are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
Skår is most frequently used in Norway, where it is held by 1,416 people, or 1 in 3,632. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 75 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 17 percent reside and Southern Norway, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Norway it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 2 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Skår
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