How common is the surname Skow?

1,204 people in the United States had the surname Skow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,433 Americans. It ranked 21,648th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Skow?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Skow getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,204 in 2010, down 6.7%.

The surname Skow

A surname, carried by 1,204 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Skow is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,204 people named Skow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 256,433 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,290.

#21,648

rank among US surnames

1,204

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-6.7%

change since 2000 (was #19,411)

Who is named Skow

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

93% of people named Skow identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Skow

Skow has the Soundex code S000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S000.

Questions

How common is the surname Skow?: 1,204 people in the United States had the surname Skow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 256,433 Americans. It ranked 21,648th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Skow?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Skow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Skow getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,290 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,204 in 2010, down 6.7%.