Inskip Surname

230,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,756 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inskip Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Inskip,' a manor in the parish of St. Michael le Wyre, Lancashire, in Domesday spelt Inscip.

1622. John Inskippe: Preston Guild Rolls.

1631. John Inskip, of Garstane, clerk: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

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Inskip Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0541:52,8636,476
United States2701:1,342,44093,444
Australia1821:148,32815,783
Canada981:375,97533,576
South Africa611:888,15957,770
Wales581:53,3544,894
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
France21:33,211,361423,184
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Andorra11:83,8382,381
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5441:44,8085,578
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1141:440,51531,974

Inskip (74) may also be a first name.

Inskip Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Inskip,' a manor in the parish of St. Michael le Wyre, Lancashire, in Domesday spelt Inscip.

1622. John Inskippe: Preston Guild Rolls.

1631. John Inskip, of Garstane, clerk: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1753. Buried — Thomasina Inskent, a pensioner: St. Dionis Backchurch (London).

1803. Married — James Elphick and Maria Inskip: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Scandinavian) belonging to Inskip (N. Lancs), prob. for the Old Norse engi-skipti, ‘meadow-division’ [Old Norse eng(i) (Old Northern English ing), a meadow + skipti, a division]; but, if so, the -t must have been dropped at an early period, as the 13th cent. forms are Inskyp, Inskyppe, Inscype, Inscip, &c. The name Inskept, however, occurs (according to Bardsley) in an 18th cent. register.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Lancashire, England.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

A township in the parish of St. Michael, co. Lancaster, seven or eight miles from Preston.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Inskip is the name of a township in Lancashire.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Inskip Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Inskip Come From? nationality or country of origin

Inskip occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Inskip.

How Common Is The Last Name Inskip? popularity and diffusion

Inskip is the 230,410th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,150,083 people. The surname Inskip is mostly found in Europe, where 65 percent of Inskip live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles. Inskip is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly used first name globally. It is borne by 74 people.

The surname Inskip is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 1,054 people, or 1 in 52,863. In England Inskip is mostly concentrated in: Bedfordshire, where 16 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 12 percent reside and Greater London, where 7 percent reside. Aside from England this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.

Inskip Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Inskip has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Inskip surname expanded 194 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 237 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 5,800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 229 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Inskip Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Inskip surname are 27.7% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.47% registered with the party.

The amount Inskip earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 49.01% more than the national average, earning R 354,096 per year; in United States they earn 16.45% less than the national average, earning $36,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.33% more than the national average, earning $53,327 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inskipp9250/
Inskipt9212/
Inskeip921/
Enskip837/
Imskip830/
Inskep830/
Inskeep772,532/
Inskept770/
Innskeep711/
Inskeepp710/
Imskeep621/

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