Skon
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/skɑn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Skon is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 12K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 116K
- USUnited States1 in 3.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Skon itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- 1 in 12K (inferred from the name graph)
453 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Skoen in ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Skon counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 453 | 1 in 12K | 453 | Skon | 2 |
| US United States | 108 | 1 in 3.1M | 108 | Skon | 96 |
| SE Sweden | 88 | 1 in 116K | 88 | Skon | 4 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈87 est. | ≈1 in 651K | — | Skoen | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 3.3M | — | Skon | 3 |
453 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup), counting the spelling skön. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Skon is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Khmer, to fail; to cause to fail or to delay; n, failure, obstacle, misfortune. WSfHJ to fail in work. to fail in a plan or scheme. CijtjjS evil day, unlucky day. [U9oCr5ws to run into an obstacle, problem or misfortune. (= gm.) fUCU
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
In zlw-opl, The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite singular of sko
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, an act of dying; death
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Czech, death
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In tpi, scone
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 108 | #151,532 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 103 | #147,095 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Skon?
- A machine transcription gives /skɑn/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Skon have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 453 people named Skon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled skon.
- Where is Skon most common?
- Skon is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 12 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Skon?
- In Finland, the national register counted 453 people named Skon, about 1 in 12 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Skon?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/skonThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Skon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.