Skillen Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Skillen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Skillen family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Agricultural Labourer 2
Labourer 1
Baker 1
Coal Heaver 1
Proprietress Of House 1
Shepherd 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Skillen

Name Census Frequency
Mary Skillen 41
John Skillen 34
Elizabeth Skillen 32
William Skillen 31
Sarah Skillen 26
James Skillen 24
Thomas Skillen 23
Robert Skillen 19
David Skillen 18
Margaret Skillen 16
Henry Skillen 15
Samuel Skillen 13
Ellen Skillen 12
Annie Skillen 10
Edward Skillen 10
Alfred Skillen 9
Frederick Skillen 9
Jane Skillen 9
Andrew Skillen 8
Ann Skillen 8
Eliza Skillen 8
George Skillen 8
Caroline Skillen 7
Emily Skillen 7
Martha Skillen 7

Skillen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Skillen 100% 577
2 Skellon 71% 573
3 Skillan 86% 262
4 Skillin 86% 164

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The surname Skillen is the most popular version of all its varients

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