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UK surname

Bannatyne

In the 1881 census there were 356 people recorded with the Bannatyne surname, ranking it #8,665 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 372, ranked #12,539, down from #8,665 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to North Bute and Rothesay, Killean and Kilchenzie and Kilbride. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Arran, Kintyre Trail and Clydesdale South.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Bannatyne is 463 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has stayed broadly stable by 4.5%.

1881 census count

356

Ranked #8,665

Modern count

372

2016, ranked #12,539

Peak year

1901

463 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Bannatyne had 356 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,665 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 372 in 2016, ranked #12,539.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 463 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Bannatyne surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Bannatyne surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Bannatyne 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 367 #6,469
1861 historical 399 #6,428
1881 historical 356 #8,665
1891 historical 411 #8,675
1901 historical 463 #8,526
1911 historical 42 #28,691
1997 modern 332 #12,645
1998 modern 353 #12,470
1999 modern 352 #12,552
2000 modern 377 #11,903
2001 modern 358 #12,181
2002 modern 356 #12,449
2003 modern 344 #12,577
2004 modern 340 #12,707
2005 modern 329 #12,966
2006 modern 334 #12,912
2007 modern 337 #12,950
2008 modern 331 #13,237
2009 modern 343 #13,168
2010 modern 358 #13,001
2011 modern 346 #13,192
2012 modern 354 #12,851
2013 modern 364 #12,790
2014 modern 367 #12,801
2015 modern 364 #12,768
2016 modern 372 #12,539

Geography

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Where Bannatynes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around North Bute and Rothesay, Killean and Kilchenzie, Kilbride, Govan Combination and Edinburgh. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Arran, Kintyre Trail, Clydesdale South, Cleland and Langside. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 North Bute and Rothesay Bute
2 Killean and Kilchenzie Argyll
3 Kilbride Bute
4 Govan Combination Lanark
5 Edinburgh Edinburgh

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Arran North Ayrshire
2 Kintyre Trail Argyll and Bute
3 Clydesdale South South Lanarkshire
4 Cleland North Lanarkshire
5 Langside Glasgow City

Forenames

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First names often paired with Bannatyne

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Bannatyne

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

Spacious Rural Living

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

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

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, Bannatyne 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

Bannatyne is most concentrated in decile 1 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

Bannatyne 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.

7
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Bannatyne is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 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 Bannatyne, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Bannatyne families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Bannatyne 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. Lanarkshire leads with 92 Bannatynes recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.08x.

County Total Index
Lanarkshire 92 8.08x
Buteshire 83 388.94x
Renfrewshire 51 18.69x
Ayrshire 41 15.56x
Argyllshire 37 37.74x
Middlesex 10 0.28x
West Lothian 7 13.20x
Midlothian 6 1.27x
Perthshire 6 3.80x
Dunbartonshire 4 4.23x
Kent 4 0.33x
Royal Navy 4 9.53x
Lancashire 3 0.07x
Aberdeenshire 2 0.61x
Stirlingshire 2 1.54x
Derbyshire 1 0.18x
Dumfriesshire 1 1.29x
Gloucestershire 1 0.14x
Hampshire 1 0.14x
Inverness-shire 1 0.95x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.21x
Ross-shire 1 1.03x
Roxburghshire 1 1.57x
Shetland 1 2.78x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Kilmory in Buteshire leads with 56 Bannatynes recorded in 1881 and an index of 1800.64x.

Place Total Index
Kilmory 56 1800.64x
Govan 24 8.52x
Killean Kilchenzie 21 1257.49x
Hamilton 18 56.68x
Kilbride 16 608.37x
Ardrossan 15 164.47x
Paisley High Church 14 64.43x
Barony 12 4.16x
Douglas 12 365.85x
Cathcart 11 74.53x
Dundonald 11 113.17x
Glasgow 10 4.94x
East Greenock 8 31.04x
Old Cumnock 8 136.29x
Ardchattan Muckairn 6 247.93x
Dunoon Kilmun 6 78.53x
Whitburn 6 78.33x
Kingarth 5 326.80x
Logie 5 88.18x
Port Glasgow 5 37.91x
Rutherglen 5 29.92x
Dumbarton 4 30.37x
Neilston 4 29.20x
Old Monkland 4 8.85x
Renfrew 4 44.40x
West Greenock 4 8.17x
Blantyre 3 25.30x
Bute North 3 208.33x
Edinburgh St Georges 3 30.64x
Great Crosby 3 26.34x
Kensington London 3 1.53x
Rothesay 3 29.04x
St Quivox 3 33.67x
Aberdeen Old Machar 2 2.94x
Campbeltown 2 16.92x
Gillingham 2 8.07x
Glassary 2 37.88x
Paddington London 2 1.54x
Willesden 2 6.03x
Bristol St James In 1 9.84x
Campsie 1 14.03x
Chatham 1 3.03x
Dalry 1 8.06x
Dalserf 1 8.80x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 1 0.53x
Etwall 1 156.25x
Falkirk 1 3.29x
Galston 1 13.87x
Holme Pierrepont 1 370.37x
Jedburgh 1 16.00x
Kiltarlity 1 38.76x
Kilwinning 1 11.75x
Kirkliston 1 32.36x
Lanark 1 10.92x
Lerwick Gulberwick 1 17.95x
Lesmahagow 1 8.31x
New Monkland 1 2.97x
North Leith 1 4.58x
Paisley Middle Church 1 6.29x
Perth East Church 1 6.71x
Poplar London 1 1.50x
Portsea 1 0.71x
Sanquhar 1 36.63x
South Leith 1 1.88x
St George Martyr London 1 14.03x
St Pancras London 1 0.35x
Stevenston 1 14.56x
Uig 1 22.83x
Walmer 1 19.16x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 2
Amy 1
Ann 1
Anne 1
Dorothea 1
Emma 1
Ethel 1
Jana 1
M. 1
Priscilla 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 3
Alexander 1
Bryce 1
Charles 1
Neil 1
Peter 1
Ronald 1
William 1

Top occupations

Occupational titles are kept as recorded and later transcribed, so related jobs, spelling variants and mistakes stay separate. Scholar was the census term for a child in education. That means the other rows often tell you more about adult work in Bannatyne households.

FAQ

Bannatyne surname: questions and answers

How common was the Bannatyne surname in 1881?

In 1881, 356 people were recorded with the Bannatyne surname. That placed it at #8,665 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Bannatyne surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 372 in 2016. That gives Bannatyne a modern rank of #12,539.

What does the Bannatyne map show?

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