How common is the surname Skeen?

5,338 people in the United States had the surname Skeen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,839 Americans. It ranked 6,378th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Skeen?

Jamie Skeen, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Joe Skeen.

Where is the surname Skeen most common?

Wikidata records people named Skeen in the United States.

Is the surname Skeen getting more or less common?

More common. 5,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,338 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Skeen

A surname, carried by 5,338 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skeen is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

From the Scottish Gaelic surname, from sceathan (“thorn bush”), from Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats (“hawthorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *skw-iy-h₂e-ts, from *skwey-.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,338 people named Skeen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,839 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,182.

#6,378

rank among US surnames

5,338

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #6,103)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,373	Brazil	5,343	57,785
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893

Who is named Skeen

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Skeen identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Skeens

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jamie Skeen
American basketball player (born 1988)
Joe Skeen
1927-2003 American politician; namesake of a university library, a wildlife refuge visitor

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Skeen

Skeen has the Soundex code S500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S500.

Questions

Where does the surname Skeen come from?: From the Scottish Gaelic surname, from sceathan (“thorn bush”), from Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats (“hawthorn”), from Proto-Indo-European *skw-iy-h₂e-ts, from *skwey-.
How common is the surname Skeen?: 5,338 people in the United States had the surname Skeen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,839 Americans. It ranked 6,378th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skeen?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Skeen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Skeen?: Jamie Skeen, American basketball player (born 1988), followed by Joe Skeen.
Where is the surname Skeen most common?: Wikidata records people named Skeen in the United States.
Is the surname Skeen getting more or less common?: More common. 5,182 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,338 in 2010, up 3.0%.