Skewes is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Skewes
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Skewes

How popular is Skewes?

Skewes is ranked 171788 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Skeweses plummeted by 1.944444 per cent to 353 since 2000 and slipped by 3857 spots and ranked at 57639. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.33 94.44
Hispanic or Latino 4.53 3.89
Skewes is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Australia which may be its originating country too. Around 2106 people have been found who wears Skewes as their family name. Skewes is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
5,443 Dominican Republic2
169,904 Brazil1
49,101 Denmark1
66,560 Philippines1
53,505 Turkey1
77,122 Sweden1
7,895 South Korea1
153,416 Italy1
38,841 Scotland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,701 Canada46
15,547 New Zealand36
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
49,486 South Africa91
45,655 England86
Countries with hundreds of Skewes:
3,543 Australia863
46,810 United States576
16,087 Mexico236
6,110 Chile162

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Skewes worked as miner and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 27 years old embarked for USA from Penzance on Mecca and arrived on July 5, 1849.

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