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UK surname

Aldcroft

In the 1881 census there were 394 people recorded with the Aldcroft surname, ranking it #8,055 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 396, ranked #11,967, down from #8,055 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Eccles, Manchester and Northenden. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Tameside, Wirral and Salford.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Aldcroft is 553 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has stayed broadly stable by 0.5%.

1881 census count

394

Ranked #8,055

Modern count

396

2016, ranked #11,967

Peak year

1911

553 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Aldcroft had 394 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,055 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 396 in 2016, ranked #11,967.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 553 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Aldcroft surname distribution map

The map shows where the Aldcroft surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Aldcroft surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Aldcroft over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 220 #9,671
1861 historical 251 #9,830
1881 historical 394 #8,055
1891 historical 425 #8,429
1901 historical 508 #7,960
1911 historical 553 #7,252
1997 modern 411 #10,782
1998 modern 414 #11,073
1999 modern 417 #11,091
2000 modern 405 #11,290
2001 modern 402 #11,183
2002 modern 402 #11,405
2003 modern 400 #11,262
2004 modern 383 #11,650
2005 modern 376 #11,730
2006 modern 374 #11,822
2007 modern 389 #11,604
2008 modern 398 #11,525
2009 modern 381 #12,174
2010 modern 391 #12,207
2011 modern 384 #12,218
2012 modern 387 #12,015
2013 modern 401 #11,890
2014 modern 402 #11,949
2015 modern 405 #11,800
2016 modern 396 #11,967

Geography

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Where Aldcrofts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Eccles, Manchester, Northenden, Ashton-upon-Mersey and Bowdon. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Tameside, Wirral, Salford, Cheshire West and Chester and Manchester. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 Eccles Lancashire
2 Manchester Lancashire
3 Northenden Cheshire
4 Ashton-upon-Mersey Cheshire
5 Bowdon Cheshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Tameside 011 Tameside
2 Wirral 025 Wirral
3 Salford 017 Salford
4 Cheshire West and Chester 016 Cheshire West and Chester
5 Manchester 004 Manchester

Forenames

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First names often paired with Aldcroft

These lists show first names that appear often with the Aldcroft surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Aldcroft

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Aldcroft, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Aldcroft surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Aldcroft household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Aldcroft is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Aldcroft is most concentrated in decile 7 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Aldcroft falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Aldcroft is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Aldcroft, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Aldcroft families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Aldcroft surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Lancashire leads with 219 Aldcrofts recorded in 1881 and an index of 4.74x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 219 4.74x
Cheshire 151 17.57x
Northumberland 8 1.38x
Middlesex 7 0.18x
Isle of Man 5 6.92x
Staffordshire 3 0.23x
Warwickshire 3 0.31x
Suffolk 2 0.42x
Dunbartonshire 1 0.96x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Salford in Lancashire leads with 29 Aldcrofts recorded in 1881 and an index of 21.35x.

Place Total Index
Salford 29 21.35x
Sale 25 237.19x
Gorton 24 55.27x
Manchester 24 11.56x
Mobberley 24 1224.49x
Timperley 24 802.68x
Northenden 20 1273.89x
Everton 16 10.87x
Stretford 16 62.97x
Barton Upon Irwell 14 40.26x
Hale 14 472.97x
Chorlton On Medlock 13 17.72x
Birkdale 11 94.10x
Ashton On Mersey 10 225.23x
Cheetham 10 29.03x
Baguley 8 816.33x
Bowdon 8 234.60x
Openshaw 8 36.99x
Rusholme 8 64.94x
Pendleton In Salford 7 12.72x
Toxteth Park 7 4.48x
Altrincham 6 39.97x
Hackney London 6 2.75x
Hulme 6 6.22x
Bradford 5 23.13x
Haslingden 5 26.15x
Onchan 5 24.02x
Newton In Ashton Under 4 47.17x
Westgate 4 11.15x
Aston 3 1.11x
Dunham Massey 3 114.07x
Harborne 3 7.12x
Penketh 3 180.72x
Whitton 3 2727.27x
Church 2 30.67x
Droylsden 2 13.27x
Flixton 2 84.39x
Macclesfield 2 5.24x
Newmarket St Mary 2 54.95x
Ashley 1 196.08x
Bethnal Green London 1 0.59x
Blackley 1 12.35x
Great Bolton 1 1.63x
Hyde 1 3.94x
Layton With Warbreck 1 5.90x
Moss Side 1 4.12x
Newcastle On Tyne St 1 3.33x
Old Kilpatrick 1 8.09x
Oldham 1 0.67x
Romiley 1 41.32x
Tottington Lower End 1 4.56x
Walton On Hill 1 4.00x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Aldcroft surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 30
Elizabeth 16
Sarah 12
Ann 11
Hannah 9
Eliza 8
Annie 7
Emma 7
Jane 7
Edith 6
Martha 6
Alice 5
Ellen 4
Amy 3
Eleanor 3
Elizth. 3
Margaret 3
Maria 3
Ada 2
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Ethel 2
Florence 2
Janet 2
Lilly 2
Ruth 2
Anna 1
Arenote 1
Beatrice 1
Betsey 1
Betsy 1
Bridget 1
Catherine 1
Elisabeth 1
Emily 1
Esther 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Harriett 1
Harriette 1
Helen 1
Jessie 1
Joanne 1
Laura 1
Lavinia 1
Louisa 1
Lucy 1
Maggie 1
Margret 1

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Aldcroft surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
William 30
James 26
Thomas 25
John 24
Joseph 14
Arthur 9
Charles 8
George 7
Samuel 6
Robert 5
Abraham 4
Albert 4
Henry 4
Isaac 4
Ernest 3
Alfred 2
Harry 2
Peter 2
Richard 2
Walter 2
Andrew 1
Benjamin 1
C.Wm. 1
Daniel 1
Emmanuel 1
Frank 1
Frederick 1
Fredric 1
Fredrick 1
Herbert 1
Hubert 1
Jas. 1
Josiah 1
Leonard 1
Napoleon 1
Ralph 1
Robt. 1
Sam 1
Thos. 1
Ths. 1
Tom 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Aldcroft surname: questions and answers

How common was the Aldcroft surname in 1881?

In 1881, 394 people were recorded with the Aldcroft surname. That placed it at #8,055 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Aldcroft surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 396 in 2016. That gives Aldcroft a modern rank of #11,967.

What does the Aldcroft map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Aldcroft bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.