Skeels is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Skeels
No. of characters: 6
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Skeels

How popular is Skeels?

Skeels is common in United States.

Skeels is ranked 151530 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Skeelses plummeted by 4.882629 per cent to 1013 since 2000 and slipped by 2110 spots and ranked at 24648. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.48 94.93
Others 2.96 1.03
Hispanic or Latino 2.86 2.63
Skeels is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Wales. Around 2480 people have been found who wears Skeels as their family name. Skeels is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
116,327 Spain6
720,003 Russia4
219,873 France2
24,766 Scotland2
62,864 New Zealand1
16,640 Hong Kong1
172,258 Germany1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
153,416 Italy1
81,201 Switzerland1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Skeels:
10,088 England635
21,848 Canada162
19,364 Australia132
Countries with thousands of Skeels:
21,523 United States1,474

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Biddy Skeels worked as workwoman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Oregon and arrived on December 19, 1849.

Skeels Namesakes

  • Dave Skeels, Baseball player
  • Cristi Skeels, Warren Skeels' wife
  • Luke Skeels, Musical Artist

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