How common is the surname Skidmore?

10,841 people in the United States had the surname Skidmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. It ranked 3,310th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Skidmore getting more or less common?

More common. 10,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,841 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Skidmore

A surname, carried by 10,841 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skidmore is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,841 people named Skidmore in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,745.

#3,310

rank among US surnames

10,841

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,091)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,301	Brant	10,886	28,362
#3,302	Carvalho	10,877	28,385
#3,303	Miguel	10,861	28,427
#3,304	Agee	10,857	28,437
#3,305	Elrod	10,851	28,453
#3,306	McLemore	10,850	28,456
#3,307	Kuntz	10,848	28,461

Who is named Skidmore

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

93% of people named Skidmore identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Skidmore?: 10,841 people in the United States had the surname Skidmore in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,479 Americans. It ranked 3,310th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skidmore?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skidmore identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Skidmore getting more or less common?: More common. 10,745 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,841 in 2010, up 0.9%.