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UK surname

Boote

A locational surname derived from a place name meaning "dwelling" or "abode".

In the 1881 census there were 476 people recorded with the Boote surname, ranking it #7,022 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 899, ranked #6,308, up from #7,022 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolstanton, Astbury and Toxteth Park. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Newcastle-under-Lyme and Wirral.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Boote is 996 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 88.9%.

1881 census count

476

Ranked #7,022

Modern count

899

2016, ranked #6,308

Peak year

1999

996 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Boote had 476 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,022 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 899 in 2016, ranked #6,308.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 908 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Boote surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Boote surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Boote 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 238 #9,120
1861 historical 282 #8,895
1881 historical 476 #7,022
1891 historical 586 #6,517
1901 historical 748 #5,954
1911 historical 908 #4,913
1997 modern 742 #6,938
1998 modern 983 #5,753
1999 modern 996 #5,731
2000 modern 991 #5,728
2001 modern 967 #5,741
2002 modern 988 #5,755
2003 modern 969 #5,741
2004 modern 952 #5,835
2005 modern 933 #5,861
2006 modern 925 #5,909
2007 modern 930 #5,936
2008 modern 913 #6,070
2009 modern 940 #6,045
2010 modern 960 #6,071
2011 modern 929 #6,179
2012 modern 919 #6,144
2013 modern 930 #6,195
2014 modern 935 #6,204
2015 modern 915 #6,252
2016 modern 899 #6,308

Geography

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Where Bootes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wolstanton, Astbury, Toxteth Park, London parishes and Wybunbury. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Newcastle-under-Lyme and Wirral. 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 Wolstanton Staffordshire
2 Astbury Cheshire
3 Toxteth Park Lancashire
4 London parishes London 2
5 Wybunbury Cheshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Newcastle-under-Lyme 002 Newcastle-under-Lyme
2 Newcastle-under-Lyme 001 Newcastle-under-Lyme
3 Newcastle-under-Lyme 010 Newcastle-under-Lyme
4 Newcastle-under-Lyme 014 Newcastle-under-Lyme
5 Wirral 010 Wirral

Forenames

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First names often paired with Boote

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Boote

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

Boote is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Boote 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 Boote 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

Meaning and origin of Boote

The surname "BOOTE" is of English origin and dates back to the early medieval period. It is believed to derive from the Old English word "bott," which referred to a hut or small dwelling. This suggests that the name may have originally been used to identify someone who lived in a modest home or isolated location.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various historical records from the 13th and 14th centuries, such as the Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire and the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire. These documents mention individuals with the surnames "Botte" and "Bothe," which are likely variations or earlier spellings of the modern "BOOTE."

In the Domesday Book, a famous survey of land and property commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, there are several references to place names that may be related to the surname. For example, the village of "Botte" in Wiltshire and the town of "Botteleia" in Gloucestershire are mentioned, suggesting that the name could have originated from these locations.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname "BOOTE" was Richard Botte, a landowner from Nottinghamshire who was mentioned in the Patent Rolls of 1348. Another notable figure was William Botte, a merchant from Bristol who was involved in the wool trade and was recorded in the Lay Subsidy Rolls of 1327.

In the 16th century, the surname appears in various records related to the English Reformation. John Boote, a churchman from Lincolnshire, was involved in the dissolution of monasteries under King Henry VIII and is mentioned in the Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII.

During the 17th century, the name gained prominence in literary circles. Edward Boote, a poet and playwright from Cheshire, was born in 1602 and is known for his work "The Soules Conflict." Additionally, Gerard Boote, a physician and naturalist from Staffordshire, was born in 1604 and contributed to the study of botany and natural history.

In the 18th century, Samuel Boote, a prominent engraver and artist from London, was born in 1720 and is known for his intricate illustrations and engravings of architectural subjects.

The 19th century saw the rise of several notable individuals with the surname "BOOTE," including Richard Boote, a renowned landscape painter from Manchester who was born in 1807, and John Boote, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist from Nottinghamshire who founded the Boote Hospital in 1889.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Boote families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Boote 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. Cheshire leads with 113 Bootes recorded in 1881 and an index of 11.14x.

County Total Index
Cheshire 113 11.14x
Lancashire 86 1.58x
Staffordshire 72 4.64x
Shropshire 41 10.33x
Yorkshire 29 0.64x
Warwickshire 27 2.33x
Denbighshire 23 13.25x
Middlesex 19 0.41x
Oxfordshire 17 5.99x
Derbyshire 9 1.25x
Glamorgan 6 0.75x
Surrey 4 0.18x
Bedfordshire 3 1.26x
Gloucestershire 3 0.33x
Kent 2 0.13x
Northamptonshire 2 0.46x
Royal Navy 2 3.65x
Wiltshire 2 0.49x
Worcestershire 2 0.33x
Buckinghamshire 1 0.36x
Caernarfonshire 1 0.54x
Cumberland 1 0.25x
Durham 1 0.07x
Hampshire 1 0.11x
Hertfordshire 1 0.32x
Leicestershire 1 0.20x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.16x
Sussex 1 0.13x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Toxteth Park in Lancashire leads with 34 Bootes recorded in 1881 and an index of 18.42x.

Place Total Index
Toxteth Park 34 18.42x
Stoke Upon Trent 23 13.99x
Willaston In Nantwich 23 734.82x
Runcorn 17 72.71x
Ecclesall Bierlow 13 14.04x
Mollington 13 3023.26x
Birmingham 11 2.85x
Doncaster 10 30.07x
Drayton In Hales 10 122.25x
Hyde 10 33.41x
Birkenhead 9 11.13x
Gresford Llay 9 1046.51x
Ludworth 9 265.49x
Adderley 8 1176.47x
Aston 8 2.51x
Barrow In Furness 8 10.79x
Chester St Oswald 8 43.57x
Kirkdale 8 8.72x
Sandbach 8 92.49x
Wolstanton Knutton 8 84.48x
Wolstanton Oldcott 8 142.35x
Ashton On Mersey 6 114.50x
Chebsey 6 759.49x
Chester St Mary On Hill 6 68.97x
Nantwich 6 50.93x
Tattenhall 6 346.82x
Burton Extra 5 56.24x
Ince In Makerfield 5 19.71x
Liverpool 5 1.51x
Mile End Old Town London 5 5.11x
Oswestry Town 5 39.34x
Paddington London 5 2.96x
Poplar London 5 5.77x
Swynnerton 5 409.84x
West Derby 5 3.13x
Whitchurch 5 64.94x
Wrexham Regis 5 38.79x
Barford 4 353.98x
Everton 4 2.30x
Eyton Royton 4 833.33x
Glyn Traian 4 300.75x
Wolstanton 4 8.49x
Cheltenham 3 4.32x
Edgmond 3 68.65x
Lambeth 3 0.75x
Luton 3 7.29x
Newcastle Under Lyme 3 10.93x
Sound 3 697.67x
Swansea Town 3 4.57x
Tyrley 3 250.00x
Ardwick 2 4.07x
Ashley 2 157.48x
Ashton Under Lyne 2 1.68x
Brightside Bierlow 2 2.24x
Clase 2 6.72x
Cricklade St Sampson 2 105.82x
Crumpsall 2 15.56x
Ellesmere 2 29.37x
Haslington 2 70.18x
Hulme 2 1.76x
Layton With Warbreck 2 10.00x
Manningham 2 3.57x
Neithrop 2 20.96x
North Meols 2 3.75x
Salford 2 1.25x
Shrewsbury St Mary 2 12.77x
St Martin 2 45.05x
St Marylebone London 2 0.82x
Warwick St Nicholas 2 23.53x
Wem 2 33.90x
Bersham 1 13.51x
Burslem 1 2.25x
Eastbourne 1 2.81x
Great Crosby 1 6.73x
Islington London 1 0.22x
Llanllechid 1 7.66x
Sale 1 8.04x
Thornaby 1 5.88x
Warsop 1 60.98x
Wolverhampton 1 0.84x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 40
Sarah 23
Elizabeth 18
Ann 15
Annie 10
Anne 7
Ellen 7
Jane 6
Martha 6
Emily 5
Emma 4
Fanny 4
Susannah 4
Alice 3
Catherine 3
Frances 3
Gertrude 3
Hannah 3
Harriet 3
Maria 3
Sophia 3
Ada 2
Agnes 2
Edith 2
Eliza 2
Jessie 2
Louisa 2
Margaret 2
Susan 2
Caroline 1
Charlotte 1
Clare 1
Elizh. 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Ethel 1
Florence 1
G.L.K. 1
Genetta 1
Henriette 1
Jemima 1
Kate 1
Keatey 1
Laura 1
Lermidel 1
Lizzie 1
Lydia 1
Mabel 1
Maggy 1
Margt. 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 36
John 26
Thomas 25
George 17
Charles 16
Joseph 16
James 14
Daniel 7
Henry 7
Samuel 7
Richard 6
Alfred 5
Robert 5
Frederick 4
Harry 4
Walter 4
Wm. 4
Albert 3
Arthur 3
Ernest 3
Chas. 2
David 2
Harold 2
Ralph 2
Urias 2
Alexander 1
Annie 1
Benjamin 1
Caleb 1
Chas.H. 1
Earnest 1
Edith 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Elizh. 1
Ephraim 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Geo. 1
Harrold 1
Herbert 1
Humphrey 1
Jonah 1
Josh. 1
Percy 1
Sidney 1
Stephen 1
Wm.G. 1

FAQ

Boote surname: questions and answers

How common was the Boote surname in 1881?

In 1881, 476 people were recorded with the Boote surname. That placed it at #7,022 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Boote surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 899 in 2016. That gives Boote a modern rank of #6,308.

What does the Boote surname mean?

A locational surname derived from a place name meaning "dwelling" or "abode".

What does the Boote map show?

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