Skene Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Durham 8
Hunts and Rutland 0
Lincolnshire 3
Middlesex 1
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
London 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Skene Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Skene family

Profession Census Frequency
Clerk In Orders 1
Independant 1
Navy H P 1
Dress Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Skene

Name Census Frequency
James Skene 33
John Skene 29
William Skene 29
Mary Skene 28
Elizabeth Skene 23
George Skene 19
Jane Skene 15
Robert Skene 14
Charles Skene 10
Emily Skene 9
Margaret Skene 9
Edward Skene 7
Andrew Skene 6
Ann Skene 6
Annie Skene 6
David Skene 6
Adelaide Skene 5
Caroline Skene 5
Isabella Skene 5
Alexander Skene 4
Alice Skene 4
Grace Skene 4
Louisa Skene 4
Sarah Skene 4
Thomas Skene 4

Skene Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Askin 40% 3,569
2 Skeen 60% 1,725
3 Asken 60% 1,200
4 Skin 60% 1,109
5 Skene 100% 440
6 Skone 80% 316
7 Skan 60% 219
8 Skain 40% 201
9 Sakin 40% 180
10 Skane 80% 155
11 Skine 80% 135
12 Auskin 33% 133
13 Skeene 83% 125

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The surname Skene is the 5th most popular variant of Askin.

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