How common is the surname Sklar?

2,692 people in the United States had the surname Sklar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,690 Americans. It ranked 11,644th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sklar?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sklar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sklar?

Leland Sklar, American bassist and session musician.

Where is the surname Sklar most common?

Wikidata records people named Sklar in the United States.

Is the surname Sklar getting more or less common?

More common. 2,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,692 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Sklar

A Czech surname, carried by 2,692 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S460

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

Origin

Czech origin

Borrowed from Czech Sklář.

One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,692 people named Sklar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,690 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,666.

#11,644

rank among US surnames

2,692

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #10,951)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,637	Ceasar	2,694	114,605
#11,642	Rabideau	2,693	114,647
#11,644	Danford	2,692	114,690
#11,648	Urso	2,691	114,733
#11,653	Foti	2,690	114,775

Who is named Sklar

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

95% of people named Sklar identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
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 Sklars

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leland Sklar
American bassist and session musician, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sklar

Sklar has the Soundex code S460, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S460.

Other Czech surnames

All 96 Czech surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sklar come from?: Borrowed from Czech Sklář.
How common is the surname Sklar?: 2,692 people in the United States had the surname Sklar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,690 Americans. It ranked 11,644th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sklar?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sklar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sklar?: Leland Sklar, American bassist and session musician.
Where is the surname Sklar most common?: Wikidata records people named Sklar in the United States.
Is the surname Sklar getting more or less common?: More common. 2,666 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,692 in 2010, up 1.0%.