How common is the surname Skiba?

2,700 people in the United States had the surname Skiba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,350 Americans. It ranked 11,620th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Skiba?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Skiba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Skiba?

Matt Skiba, American musician (born 1976), followed by Gerhard Skiba.

Where is the surname Skiba most common?

Wikidata records people named Skiba in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Skiba getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,700 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Skiba

A surname, carried by 2,700 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S100

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skiba is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

* As a Polish surname, from Skiba. * As a Upper Sorbian surname, from skiba (“slice of bread”). Compare Skibba, Sciba.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,700 people named Skiba in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,350 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,713.

#11,620

rank among US surnames

2,700

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,794)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,612	Sangster	2,702	114,266
#11,614	Huie	2,701	114,308
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393
#11,624	Johansson	2,698	114,435
#11,626	Morlan	2,697	114,477
#11,627	Gaxiola	2,696	114,520

Who is named Skiba

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

96% of people named Skiba identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Skibas

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matt Skiba
American musician (born 1976)
Gerhard Skiba
Austrian politician (1947–2019)

Notable Skibas come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

Questions

Where does the surname Skiba come from?: * As a Polish surname, from Skiba. * As a Upper Sorbian surname, from skiba (“slice of bread”). Compare Skibba, Sciba.
How common is the surname Skiba?: 2,700 people in the United States had the surname Skiba in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,350 Americans. It ranked 11,620th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skiba?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Skiba identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Skiba?: Matt Skiba, American musician (born 1976), followed by Gerhard Skiba.
Where is the surname Skiba most common?: Wikidata records people named Skiba in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Skiba getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,700 in 2010, down 0.5%.