Inskipp Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inskipp 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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Inskipp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:1,160,79354,689
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England791:308,54920,627
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Inskipp 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

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Inskip is the name of a township in Lancashire.

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

Inskipp Last Name Facts

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

The last name Inskipp is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Inskipp? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Inskipp occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Inskipp live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 98 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly occurring in England, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 1,160,793. In England it is primarily found in: Suffolk, where 17 percent live, East Sussex, where 17 percent live and Tyne and Wear, where 15 percent live. Without taking into account England Inskipp exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Wales, where 2 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Inskipp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Inskipp has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Inskipp last name declined 39 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Inskipp Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Inskipp surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Inskip921,756/
Inskipt8612/
Inskeip861/
Inski8321/
Inskeepp800/
Ginski77136/
Hinski77106/
Enskip777/
Inskii774/
Uinski771/
Jinski771/
Inskep770/
Imskip770/
Inskeep712,532/
Goinski71199/
Etinski71198/
Hoinski71157/
Hainski7133/
Gainski7132/
Heinski7127/
Isinski713/
Esinski711/
Ginskij711/
Ginskei711/
Icinski711/
Ionskiy711/
Inskept710/
Inskiss710/
Insky6735/
Inska679/
Ynski672/
Hoinscki671/
Hesinski671/
O'Ginski671/
Inçki671/
Iscynski671/
Iscinski671/
Enski671/
Innskeep671/

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