Skiff is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Skiff
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Skiff

How popular is Skiff?

Skiff is common in United States.

Skiff is ranked 258789 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Skiffs plummeted by 12.57862 per cent to 695 since 2000 and slipped by 4662 spots and ranked at 32960. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.24 97.11
Hispanic or Latino 2.3 1.13
Others 1.73 1.01
Black 0.86 0
Skiff is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 1220 people have been found who wears Skiff as their family name. Skiff is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
720,003 Russia4
201,317 England2
56,169 Mexico1
151,601 Spain1
25,721 Egypt1
16,640 Hong Kong1
448,262 Canada1
279,271 Australia1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
16,073 Latvia1
7,895 South Korea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
24,176 Qatar1
492,292 Ukraine1
Countries with thousands of Skiff:
25,592 United States1,197

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

James Skiff worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 43 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Intrinsic and arrived on November 6, 1848. Mechanic David Skiff, are others that migrated to US.

Skiff Namesakes

  • Arnie Skiffle Joe, Musical Artist
  • Frederick Skiff, Author

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