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UK surname

Anscombe

In the 1881 census there were 634 people recorded with the Anscombe surname, ranking it #5,595 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 764, ranked #7,182, down from #5,595 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hurstpierpoint, London parishes and Brighton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Brighton and Hove, Reigate and Banstead and Scarborough.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Anscombe is 883 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 20.5%.

1881 census count

634

Ranked #5,595

Modern count

764

2016, ranked #7,182

Peak year

1901

883 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Anscombe had 634 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #5,595 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 764 in 2016, ranked #7,182.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 883 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Ageing Communities.

Anscombe surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Anscombe surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Anscombe 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 260 #8,512
1861 historical 350 #7,295
1881 historical 634 #5,595
1891 historical 735 #5,398
1901 historical 883 #5,208
1911 historical 804 #5,459
1997 modern 801 #6,532
1998 modern 859 #6,390
1999 modern 863 #6,408
2000 modern 830 #6,581
2001 modern 809 #6,592
2002 modern 844 #6,496
2003 modern 804 #6,620
2004 modern 797 #6,687
2005 modern 772 #6,800
2006 modern 800 #6,629
2007 modern 806 #6,637
2008 modern 798 #6,757
2009 modern 831 #6,685
2010 modern 851 #6,683
2011 modern 823 #6,785
2012 modern 814 #6,743
2013 modern 797 #6,985
2014 modern 788 #7,094
2015 modern 764 #7,196
2016 modern 764 #7,182

Geography

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Where Anscombes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hurstpierpoint, London parishes, Brighton and Croydon, Battersea (Penge), Sanderstead. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Brighton and Hove, Reigate and Banstead and Scarborough. 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 Hurstpierpoint Sussex
2 London parishes London 3
3 Brighton Sussex
4 London parishes London 2
5 Croydon, Battersea (Penge), Sanderstead Surrey

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Brighton and Hove 009 Brighton and Hove
2 Brighton and Hove 025 Brighton and Hove
3 Brighton and Hove 008 Brighton and Hove
4 Reigate and Banstead 005 Reigate and Banstead
5 Scarborough 003 Scarborough

Forenames

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First names often paired with Anscombe

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Anscombe

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Anscombe, 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

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Ageing Communities

Nationally, the Anscombe surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Ageing Communities, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Anscombe household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Many residents are of normal retirement age or above and live in communal establishments, and there are few dependent children. The dominant property type is a mix of retirement flats and detached houses. Those in work are likely to be employed in managerial and professional occupations, and many residents are educated to degree level. Levels of owner occupation are high, but the private rental sector is also present. Rural locations predominate.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Anscombe is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Anscombe is most concentrated in decile 2 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy end of the index.

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

Anscombe falls in decile 7 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

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 Anscombe is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

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

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Anscombe families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Anscombe 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. Sussex leads with 270 Anscombes recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.81x.

County Total Index
Sussex 270 25.81x
Surrey 111 3.67x
Middlesex 99 1.60x
Kent 90 4.25x
Essex 10 0.82x
Hertfordshire 8 1.87x
Norfolk 8 0.84x
Warwickshire 8 0.51x
Hampshire 7 0.55x
Dorset 6 1.47x
Cambridgeshire 5 1.27x
Durham 4 0.22x
Suffolk 4 0.53x
Staffordshire 2 0.10x
Devon 1 0.08x
Leicestershire 1 0.15x
Royal Navy 1 1.35x
Somerset 1 0.10x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Brighton in Sussex leads with 79 Anscombes recorded in 1881 and an index of 37.44x.

Place Total Index
Brighton 79 37.44x
Edenbridge 28 674.70x
Hurstpierpoint 19 326.46x
Horsham 15 73.82x
Lambeth 15 2.77x
Lewisham 15 13.29x
Speldhurst 14 129.87x
Ashtead 13 659.90x
Keymer 13 175.91x
Cuckfield 12 113.53x
Islington London 12 2.00x
St Pancras London 12 2.40x
Camberwell 11 2.78x
Chertsey 11 56.32x
Battersea 10 4.38x
Lindfield 10 226.24x
Poplar London 10 8.54x
Reigate Borough 10 143.47x
Croydon 9 5.36x
Eastbourne 9 18.70x
Hackney London 9 2.59x
Hove 9 19.61x
Preston 9 49.26x
Slinfold 9 548.78x
St Botolph Aldersgate 9 126.58x
Ditchling 8 280.70x
Oxted 8 219.78x
Clerkenwell London 7 4.78x
Harpenden 7 107.36x
Lewes St John Southover 7 99.57x
South Malling 7 451.61x
Barcombe 6 239.04x
East Dereham 6 49.79x
Epsom 6 40.73x
Mile End Old Town London 6 4.54x
Penge 6 15.14x
Plumpton 6 606.06x
Portland 6 27.40x
Portsea 6 2.41x
Shoreditch London 6 2.23x
Slaugham 6 177.51x
Wivelsfield 6 146.70x
Aston 5 1.16x
Broadwater 5 20.84x
Dorking 5 24.63x
Hythe St Leonard 5 66.84x
Newick 5 217.39x
Pembury 5 166.67x
St Clement Danes London 5 38.94x
St George Hanover Square 5 4.57x
Tonbridge 5 6.55x
West Ham 5 1.85x
Wood Ditton 5 151.98x
Brenchley 4 52.77x
Chailey 4 123.46x
Chelsea London 4 2.14x
Hailsham 4 63.19x
Heworth 4 11.00x
Lewes All Sts 4 95.92x
St Marylebone London 4 1.21x
Birmingham 3 0.58x
East Ham 3 13.20x
Guildford St Nicholas 3 56.18x
Knockholt 3 177.51x
Newington 3 1.31x
Charterhouse London 2 68.26x
Cliffe 2 41.84x
Coney Weston 2 476.19x
Deptford St Paul 2 1.23x
East Grinstead 2 13.50x
Gillingham 2 4.58x
Handsworth 2 3.87x
Hastings St Clement 2 20.33x
Hastings St Leonards 2 13.00x
Hellingly 2 57.14x
Kensington London 2 0.58x
Minster In Sheppey 2 5.70x
Wymondham 2 20.51x
Barking 1 2.79x
Uckfield 1 21.93x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 27
Sarah 25
Elizabeth 24
Eliza 16
Ellen 15
Emma 15
Alice 14
Annie 13
Emily 11
Ann 9
Jane 8
Martha 6
Edith 5
Kate 5
Louisa 5
Margaret 5
Ada 4
Anne 4
Catherine 4
Florence 4
Hannah 4
Minnie 4
Susan 4
Amelia 3
Caroline 3
Eleanor 3
Fanny 3
Harriet 3
Harriett 3
Anna 2
Bessie 2
Charlotte 2
Flora 2
Frances 2
Georgina 2
Grace 2
Lizzie 2
Lydia 2
Matilda 2
Nellie 2
Rosina 2
Broda 1
Elizebeth 1
Ellenor 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Jessie 1
Joanna 1
Joy 1
Julia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 31
George 28
William 25
James 20
Thomas 15
Henry 14
Charles 11
Arthur 10
Alfred 9
Joseph 9
Edwin 8
Frederick 8
Harry 8
Albert 7
Allen 7
Frank 7
David 6
Robert 6
Edward 5
Allan 4
Ernest 4
Samuel 4
Stephen 4
Francis 3
Parker 3
Walter 3
Frederic 2
Jonah 2
Nathan 2
Peter 2
Richard 2
Tom 2
Alexander 1
Amon 1
Basil 1
Edmund 1
Elkana 1
Ellis 1
Franklin 1
Fredk. 1
Geo. 1
H.B. 1
Jesse 1
Jos. 1
Laban 1
Laham 1
Mark 1
Ovid 1
Percy 1
Reuben 1

FAQ

Anscombe surname: questions and answers

How common was the Anscombe surname in 1881?

In 1881, 634 people were recorded with the Anscombe surname. That placed it at #5,595 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Anscombe surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 764 in 2016. That gives Anscombe a modern rank of #7,182.

What does the Anscombe map show?

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