Skinner Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Skinner Name Meaning: Occupational name for someone who made a living with animal skins in the production of fur garments.

A derivative of middle english skin 'hide','pelt'. Of all the great medieval guilds the company of 'skinners' was among those of great honour.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 11
Cambridgeshire 130
Channel Islands 23
Cheshire 29
Cornwall 216
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 24
Devon 1,212
Dorset 87
Durham 52
Essex 166
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 7
Gloucestershire 291
Hampshire 32
Herefordshire 26
Hertfordshire 84
Hunts and Rutland 35
Isle of Man 55
Kent 673
Lancashire 87
Leicestershire 80
Lincolnshire 248
London 1,341
Middlesex 46
Monmouthshire 19
Northumberland 7
Norfolk 130
Northamptonshire 77
Nottinghamshire 116
Oxfordshire 39
Pembrokeshire 4
Suffolk 150
Somerset 228
Surrey 285
Sussex 445
Staffordshire 47
Warwickshire 67
Wiltshire 78
Worcestershire 95
Yorkshire 173
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Westmorland 0

Skinner Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Skinner family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 458
Female Servant 291
Independent 163
Labourer 129
Male Servant 126
Farmer 110
Shoe Maker 65
Carpenter 40
Dress Maker 35
Tailor 32
Apprentice 29
Ag Lab 29
Gardener 24
Baker 21
Butcher 17
Pauper 17
Mason 17
Laundress 17
Sawyer 16
Ag Labourer 15
Pupil 14
Servant 14
Painter 14
Thatcher 14
Porter 12

Most Frequent Forenames for Skinner

Name Census Frequency
William Skinner 6,379
Mary Skinner 5,420
John Skinner 4,834
Elizabeth Skinner 3,629
George Skinner 3,410
Thomas Skinner 2,713
Sarah Skinner 2,657
James Skinner 2,577
Henry Skinner 2,117
Charles Skinner 1,961
Ann Skinner 1,769
Jane Skinner 1,436
Eliza Skinner 1,417
Ellen Skinner 1,274
Alice Skinner 1,258
Frederick Skinner 1,250
Edward Skinner 1,179
Alfred Skinner 1,178
Emma Skinner 1,145
Annie Skinner 1,112
Emily Skinner 1,057
Joseph Skinner 1,021
Richard Skinner 999
Robert Skinner 955
Arthur Skinner 928

Skinner Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Skinner 100% 89,267
2 Skiner 86% 971
3 Skenner 86% 368
4 Skyner 71% 221
5 Skynner 86% 166

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

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