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Bruckshaw

In the 1881 census there were 263 people recorded with the Bruckshaw surname, ranking it #10,692 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 205, ranked #19,250, down from #10,692 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Stockport, Glossop and Market Drayton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stockport, Trafford and Rochdale.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Bruckshaw is 362 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 22.1%.

1881 census count

263

Ranked #10,692

Modern count

205

2016, ranked #19,250

Peak year

1911

362 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Bruckshaw had 263 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,692 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 205 in 2016, ranked #19,250.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 362 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Bruckshaw surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Bruckshaw surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Bruckshaw 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 156 #12,552
1861 historical 173 #13,553
1881 historical 263 #10,692
1891 historical 319 #10,563
1901 historical 353 #10,364
1911 historical 362 #10,020
1997 modern 226 #16,306
1998 modern 226 #16,800
1999 modern 245 #16,012
2000 modern 230 #16,644
2001 modern 224 #16,716
2002 modern 230 #16,730
2003 modern 244 #15,861
2004 modern 240 #16,144
2005 modern 230 #16,583
2006 modern 237 #16,334
2007 modern 239 #16,449
2008 modern 240 #16,535
2009 modern 236 #17,103
2010 modern 249 #16,837
2011 modern 243 #16,968
2012 modern 221 #17,979
2013 modern 222 #18,198
2014 modern 218 #18,583
2015 modern 220 #18,346
2016 modern 205 #19,250

Geography

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Where Bruckshaws are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Stockport, Glossop, Market Drayton, Manchester and Market Drayton or Drayton-in-Hales. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stockport, Trafford, Rochdale, Derby and South Derbyshire. 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 Stockport Cheshire
2 Glossop Derbyshire
3 Market Drayton Shropshire
4 Manchester Lancashire
5 Market Drayton or Drayton-in-Hales Shropshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stockport 010 Stockport
2 Trafford 006 Trafford
3 Rochdale 013 Rochdale
4 Derby 008 Derby
5 South Derbyshire 002 South Derbyshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Bruckshaw

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Bruckshaw

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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Bruckshaw surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Bruckshaw household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Social Rented Sector Families with Children

Group

Social Rented Sector Pockets

Within London, Bruckshaw is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Pockets, part of Social Rented Sector Families with Children. 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

Found in pockets across London, residents are less likely to live in private sector rentals and fewer adults are students. Fewer individuals work in transport and communications occupations relative to the Supergroup average. More individuals identify as Black and were born in Africa.

Wider London pattern

Residents of these neighbourhoods include sizable numbers identifying with ethnicities originating outside Europe, particularly in Africa or Bangladesh. The proportion of residents identifying as White, Indian or Pakistani is well below the London average. Neighbourhood age profiles are skewed towards younger adults, and above average numbers of families have children. Rates of use of English at home are below average. Marriage rates are low, and levels of separation or divorce are above average. Housing is predominantly in flats, and renting in the social rented sector the norm - few residents are owner occupiers. Housing is often overcrowded, and neighbourhoods are amongst the most densely populated in London. Disability rates are above average, although levels of unpaid care provision are about average. Employment is in caring, leisure, other service occupations, sales and customer service, or process, plant, and machine operation. Part time working and full-time student study are common. Levels of unemployment are slightly above average. Most residents have only Level 1 or 2 educational qualifications or have completed apprenticeships.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Bruckshaw 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

Bruckshaw falls in decile 9 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less 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 Bruckshaw 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Bruckshaw families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Bruckshaw 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 83 Bruckshaws recorded in 1881 and an index of 14.83x.

County Total Index
Cheshire 83 14.83x
Lancashire 82 2.72x
Shropshire 48 21.91x
Warwickshire 12 1.88x
Staffordshire 11 1.28x
Derbyshire 10 2.52x
Middlesex 10 0.39x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.62x
Northamptonshire 1 0.42x
Suffolk 1 0.32x
Surrey 1 0.08x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stockport in Cheshire leads with 36 Bruckshaws recorded in 1881 and an index of 124.96x.

Place Total Index
Stockport 36 124.96x
Cheadle 26 243.22x
Drayton In Hales 18 398.23x
Stretford 14 84.54x
Newport 11 416.67x
Glossop Dale 10 53.79x
Manchester 10 7.39x
Birmingham 8 3.75x
Newton 8 34.50x
Willesden 8 33.46x
Ashton Under Lyne 7 10.64x
Blackley 7 132.58x
North Meols 7 23.76x
Norton In Hales 7 2187.50x
Haughton 6 136.67x
Stockport Etchells 6 504.20x
Blakenhall 5 2941.18x
Little Bolton 5 12.92x
Aston 4 2.27x
Childs Ercall 4 1052.63x
Hyde 4 24.21x
Monks Coppenhall 4 18.94x
Stoke Upon Trent 4 4.41x
Tillington 4 1739.13x
West Derby 4 4.54x
Whitchurch 4 94.12x
Chorlton On Medlock 3 6.27x
Hodnet 3 175.44x
Hulme 3 4.77x
Worsley 3 16.17x
Harpurhey 2 47.85x
Heaton Norris 2 11.68x
Islington London 2 0.81x
Bramhall 1 43.10x
Lilbourne 1 434.78x
Macclesfield 1 4.02x
Madeley 1 46.95x
Maer 1 294.12x
Mucklestone 1 121.95x
Newmarket All Sts 1 84.75x
Salford 1 1.13x
Wangford 1 172.41x
Wellington 1 8.12x
Woking 1 13.42x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 21
William 16
George 10
Joseph 8
Samuel 8
Alfred 6
Henry 5
James 4
Thomas 4
Albert 3
Benjamin 3
Freeman 3
Robert 3
Arthur 2
Harry 2
Nathaniel 2
Rowland 2
Walter 2
Charles 1
Christopher 1
Colin 1
Edward 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Herbert 1
Leonard 1
Mark 1
Percy 1
Peter 1
Ralph 1
Thos. 1
Wm. 1
Wm.Freeman 1
Wm.Henry 1

FAQ

Bruckshaw surname: questions and answers

How common was the Bruckshaw surname in 1881?

In 1881, 263 people were recorded with the Bruckshaw surname. That placed it at #10,692 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Bruckshaw surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 205 in 2016. That gives Bruckshaw a modern rank of #19,250.

What does the Bruckshaw map show?

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