Distribution of the name ‘Skillen’ and ‘Skilling’ in the UK and NI

Graham Skillen, Derrymount, North Cheriton, Somerset, BA8 0AB

01963 33388 skillen@northcheriton.fsnet.co.uk

File: Skillendist2

Area	No. of Skillen	No. of Skilling	Reference Population (Thousands)	Skillen per million	Skilling per million
Northern Ireland Comprising Belfast 38 South Down 22	64	11	347	184	32
(Belfast)	(38)
(South Down)	(22)
Carlisle & N. Cumbria (Cockermouth/Whitehaven)	25	1	101	247
Wirral	18	6	84	214	71
Glasgow	17	9	226	75	39
Isle of Man	9		141	300
Edinburgh	8	10	218	37	46
Chesterfield	6	0	128	47
Greenock/Girvan (Clyde Coast)	6	45	137	44	328
Lanark (Clyde Valley)	6	11	134	45	82
W. Middlesex	6	4	220	27	18
Central Scotland (Stirling)	6	5	106	57	47
Newcastle/ N. Tyne,Wear	5	0	101	49
Chester	4	2	79	50	25
Gateshead	4	2	106	38
Mansfield/Newark	4	0	103	39
Dunbar & Wearside	2	6	153		39
Liverpool	2	4	154
Medway (Maidstone)	2	4	145		27
Portsmouth	2	5	207		24
Worcester	2	5	176		28
Norwich/Norfolk	1	13	154		84
Tunbridge Wells	1	4	150		27
Burnley, Pendle, Rossendale	0	5	116		43
Kings Lynn	0	5	48		104
Reading	0	4	132		30
Richmond (Middx)	0	4	141		28
SW Scotland/ Dumfries	0	10	57		175

Notes: -

1. Reference population is an estimate of the number of residential listings in a phone book. It’s not the same as the actual population, but should be capable of giving a comparison basis.

2. The areas listed are those of the appropriate UK phone book.

3. Any sample of 3 or less, I’ve generally ignored, unless the population is particularly small.

4. Spaces in columns 5 and 6 just mean I’ve not done the sum.

5. There’s obviously a threshold – I would suggest around 40/million where the figures will be unreliable or subject to too many influences. Anything over 40 I would be prepared to consider significant.

6. It may not be able to draw significant conclusions from a comparison of the very big numbers, because for example the Cumbria number is heavily focussed in a much smaller area, Cockermouth and Whitehaven. Equally the NI names are almost all either Belfast (38) or South Down (22), with only 3 elsewhere in NI.

7. The global comparison of all areas helps determine where further detailed analysis would be useful, but a better population estimate of local areas would be needed.

8. Other names noted in passing. There were quite a few SKILLIN that seemed ‘close’ to SKILLEN/SKILLING areas. SKILL, SKILLETT, SKILLINGTON, SKILLER, SKILLERN, SKILTON, SKILLETER, SKILLICORN, SKILTON didn’t look relevant by eyeball.

9. The 9 SKILLEN in the Isle of Man were next to 6 SKILLAN. I think this could be relevant as SKILLAN didn’t appear much elsewhere.

10. Interestingly, SKILLEN and SKILLING don’t seem to give the same answer.

Other populations checked, with less than 3 Skillen :-

Aberdeen, Aberystwyth, Aylesbury, Basingstoke, Banbury, Barnslay, Bath , Bedford, Birmingham, Bishops Stortford, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Borders (Galashields), Bournemouth, Bracknell/Ascot, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Burton-on-Trent, Bury St. Edmunds, Cambridge, Canterbury, Cardiff, Cheltenham, S. Cheshire, Caterham/Reigate, Chelmsford, Colchester, Cornwall, Coventry, Croydon, Darlington, Derby, Devon, Doncaster, Mid-Dorset, Dudley, Dundee, Exeter, Essex SW, Fife, Gloucester, Guildford, South Gloucestershire, Halifax, Hastings, Hemel Hempstread, Hereford, S. Herts, Highlands and Islands, High Peak (Chapel/Frith), High Wycombe, Hitchin, Horsham, Hull, Huddersfield, Ipswich, Isle of Wight, NW Kent, Kettering, Lancaster/ S. Cumbria, Leeds, Leicester, Lincs, Lomond and Argyll, Luton, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newport/SE Wales, S. Norfolk, Northumberland, Newbury`, Northampton, Nottingham, Orkney and Shetland, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Preston, Rotherham, St. Helens, Salisbury, Scarborough, NE Scotland, Sheffield (S), Sheffield N, Shropshire, Slough Southampton, Southend, Southport, Stafford, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Stratford-on-Avon, NE Surrey, Swansea, Swindon, Taunton, Tayside, Teeside, Worthing, Wrexham/ NE Wales, SW Wales, NW Wales, Central/ S. Wales, Wakefield, Warrington, Walsall, Weston-S-Mare, Wigan, Wolverhampton, York.