Last name Skata (Skade 
, Skata 
) , around the globe, is quite a rare surname. The last name Skata is characteristic of Greenland, where it is quite a common surname, Israel, where it is quite a rare surname, and South Africa. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in South Africa, Israel, and Germany. Much less frequently, Skata is the forename as well as the last name.