Distribution of the name �Skillen� and �Skilling� in the UK and NI

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

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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.