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UK surname

Annable

A surname derived from a place name, likely a habitational name referring to someone from a place called Annable.

In the 1881 census there were 241 people recorded with the Annable surname, ranking it #11,374 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 557, ranked #9,196, up from #11,374 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Duffield, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard and Horsley. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Amber Valley and Broxtowe.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Annable is 621 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 131.1%.

1881 census count

241

Ranked #11,374

Modern count

557

2016, ranked #9,196

Peak year

2002

621 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Annable had 241 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,374 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 557 in 2016, ranked #9,196.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 514 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Annable surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Annable surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Annable 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 179 #11,346
1861 historical 174 #13,483
1881 historical 241 #11,374
1891 historical 311 #10,781
1901 historical 421 #9,141
1911 historical 514 #7,669
1997 modern 592 #8,226
1998 modern 603 #8,365
1999 modern 610 #8,353
2000 modern 605 #8,379
2001 modern 600 #8,299
2002 modern 621 #8,244
2003 modern 602 #8,313
2004 modern 593 #8,419
2005 modern 592 #8,349
2006 modern 597 #8,314
2007 modern 600 #8,358
2008 modern 596 #8,464
2009 modern 609 #8,494
2010 modern 618 #8,587
2011 modern 597 #8,723
2012 modern 584 #8,773
2013 modern 584 #8,911
2014 modern 592 #8,900
2015 modern 581 #8,944
2016 modern 557 #9,196

Geography

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Where Annables are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Duffield, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, Horsley, St Werburgh and Manchester. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Amber Valley and Broxtowe. 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 Duffield Derbyshire
2 Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard Nottinghamshire
3 Horsley Derbyshire
4 St Werburgh Derbyshire
5 Manchester Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Amber Valley 015 Amber Valley
2 Amber Valley 007 Amber Valley
3 Broxtowe 002 Broxtowe
4 Amber Valley 017 Amber Valley
5 Amber Valley 006 Amber Valley

Forenames

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First names often paired with Annable

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Annable

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Annable, 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 Annable surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Annable 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Annable is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Annable 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

Annable falls in decile 2 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 Annable is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Annable, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Annable

The surname Annable is of English origin and can be traced back to the medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Old English words "an" meaning "one" and "able" meaning "capable" or "skilled." Thus, the name Annable may have originally referred to a capable or skilled individual.

In the 13th century, the name appeared in various records with spellings such as "Anabell," "Anabil," and "Annabell." One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273, which listed a Robert Anabell from Oxfordshire.

The Annable surname was particularly prevalent in the counties of Devon and Somerset in the southwest of England. In the 16th century, the name appeared in parish records from these regions, often associated with rural communities and villages.

One notable individual with the surname Annable was William Annable, a merchant and landowner who lived in the town of Taunton, Somerset, in the late 16th century. Records show that he was involved in the local wool trade and owned several properties in the area.

In the 17th century, the name Annable can be found in historical records from the English Civil War. A soldier named John Annable served in the Parliamentarian army and was mentioned in accounts of the Battle of Naseby in 1645.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Annable surname spread to other parts of England and beyond. Thomas Annable (1766-1854), a prominent architect from Gloucestershire, designed several notable buildings in the region, including churches and country estates.

Another individual of note was Sarah Annable (1828-1901), a writer and educator from Devon who published several works on education and children's literature in the late 19th century.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Annable surname also appeared in historical records from the United States and Canada, likely due to immigration from England during this period.

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1881 census detail

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Annable families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Annable 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. Derbyshire leads with 168 Annables recorded in 1881 and an index of 45.46x.

County Total Index
Derbyshire 168 45.46x
Nottinghamshire 35 11.00x
Yorkshire 15 0.64x
Lancashire 14 0.50x
Leicestershire 5 1.91x
Northamptonshire 2 0.90x
Devon 1 0.20x
Royal Navy 1 3.55x
Surrey 1 0.09x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Horsley in Derbyshire leads with 39 Annables recorded in 1881 and an index of 1756.76x.

Place Total Index
Horsley 39 1756.76x
Denby 29 2566.37x
Belper 26 363.13x
Greasley 14 194.99x
Alfreton 11 97.95x
Normanton 10 320.51x
Litchurch 9 60.52x
Brightside Bierlow 8 17.44x
Holbrook 8 963.86x
Selston 8 225.35x
Church Gresley 7 119.05x
Wath On Dearne 7 149.89x
Heanor 6 108.50x
Ilkeston 6 57.92x
Manchester 6 4.76x
Nottingham St Mary 6 7.29x
Sandiacre 5 378.79x
Bunny 4 1904.76x
Great Glenn 4 579.71x
Kirkdale 3 6.37x
Salford 3 3.64x
Ardwick 2 7.92x
Burton Latimer 2 149.25x
Derby All Sts 2 64.72x
Derby St Alkmund 2 18.05x
Derby St Peter 2 16.99x
Derby St Werburgh 2 9.37x
Arnold 1 21.55x
Bulwell 1 14.45x
Duffield 1 34.36x
Morley 1 454.55x
Ripley 1 21.88x
Royal Navy 1 4.16x
Southwark St George Martyr 1 2.11x
Stapenhill 1 18.18x
Stoke Damerel 1 2.91x
Stretton Magna 1 3333.33x
Tollerton 1 1000.00x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Elizabeth 13
Sarah 11
Eliza 8
Alice 6
Martha 5
Ann 4
Edith 4
Hannah 4
Emma 3
Harriet 3
Charlotte 2
Ellen 2
Florence 2
Harriett 2
Jane 2
Maria 2
Phoebe 2
Ruth 2
Annie 1
Bertha 1
Caroline 1
Clara 1
Editham 1
Ethel 1
Eva 1
Fanney 1
George 1
Hanah 1
J.A. 1
Jemima 1
Lavina 1
Lillian 1
Lizzie 1
Louis 1
Lydia 1
Mabel 1
Margaret 1
Pamela 1
Rachel 1
Rose 1
Salome 1
Sophia 1
Susan 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 20
William 15
George 10
Thomas 9
Joseph 7
Samuel 7
Charles 6
Robert 6
Benjamin 5
Frederick 4
James 4
Arthur 3
Albert 2
Frank 2
Luke 2
Alfred 1
Amos 1
Denis 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Fred 1
Fredrick 1
Henry 1
Herbert 1
Isaac 1
Isaiah 1
Jefford 1
Jeremiah 1
Job 1
Jonathan 1
Lawrence 1
N.K. 1
Percy 1
Sam 1
Thos 1
Thos. 1
Wm. 1
Wm.J. 1

FAQ

Annable surname: questions and answers

How common was the Annable surname in 1881?

In 1881, 241 people were recorded with the Annable surname. That placed it at #11,374 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Annable surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 557 in 2016. That gives Annable a modern rank of #9,196.

What does the Annable surname mean?

A surname derived from a place name, likely a habitational name referring to someone from a place called Annable.

What does the Annable map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Annable 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.