Skår Surname

269,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,446 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Skår Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Skår Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway1,4161:3,632331
Sweden271:364,69525,646
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Skår Last Name Facts

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

The surname Skår is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Skår click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Skår? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 269,873rd most common surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 5,039,797 people. Skår is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Skår reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Skår is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 1,416 people, or 1 in 3,632. In Norway it is mostly found in: Western Norway, where 75 percent live, Eastern Norway, where 17 percent live and Southern Norway, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Norway it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 2 percent live and Denmark, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Skr8646/
Skræ7518/
Shkr7512/
Skrr754/
Skrz753/
Skhr752/
Skcr752/
Sgkr751/
Skrh751/
Sqkr751/
Sskr751/
Skræp67142/
Shkrt678/
Shkhr671/
Shkrz671/

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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 Skår
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