Surname Skates (Skates 
) , in all the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The surname Skates is characteristic of New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Very seldom, Skates is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Skates | Canada, United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States, Australia |
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ken skates Member of the National Assembly for Wales (born 1976), GB (b. 1976) |
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| john ray skates American historian |
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| steven james skates Ph.D. The University of Chicago 1987 |
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| brian skates |
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| andrew skates |
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