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UK surname

Connah

In the 1881 census there were 227 people recorded with the Connah surname, ranking it #11,858 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 402, ranked #11,837, up from #11,858 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hope, Chester St Oswald, Little St John, Cathedral Church, St Peter, St Bridget, St Martin, Holy Trinity and Wigan. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Flintshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Connah is 441 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 77.1%.

1881 census count

227

Ranked #11,858

Modern count

402

2016, ranked #11,837

Peak year

2000

441 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Connah had 227 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,858 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 402 in 2016, ranked #11,837.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 376 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Connah surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Connah surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Connah 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 146 #13,157
1861 historical 180 #13,057
1881 historical 227 #11,858
1891 historical 247 #12,880
1901 historical 335 #10,782
1911 historical 376 #9,736
1997 modern 418 #10,648
1998 modern 420 #10,973
1999 modern 435 #10,754
2000 modern 441 #10,611
2001 modern 434 #10,539
2002 modern 431 #10,820
2003 modern 431 #10,653
2004 modern 422 #10,838
2005 modern 410 #10,979
2006 modern 416 #10,912
2007 modern 414 #11,072
2008 modern 412 #11,210
2009 modern 432 #11,048
2010 modern 431 #11,285
2011 modern 431 #11,155
2012 modern 421 #11,245
2013 modern 430 #11,259
2014 modern 421 #11,544
2015 modern 410 #11,686
2016 modern 402 #11,837

Geography

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Where Connahs are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hope, Chester St Oswald, Little St John, Cathedral Church, St Peter, St Bridget, St Martin, Holy Trinity, Wigan, Hawarden and Liverpool. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Flintshire. 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 Hope Denbighshire
2 Chester St Oswald, Little St John, Cathedral Church, St Peter, St Bridget, St Martin, Holy Trinity Cheshire
3 Wigan Lancashire
4 Hawarden Cheshire
5 Liverpool Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Flintshire 017 Flintshire
2 Flintshire 015 Flintshire
3 Flintshire 016 Flintshire
4 Flintshire 010 Flintshire
5 Flintshire 018 Flintshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Connah

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Connah

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

Connah is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Connah falls in decile 10 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 Connah 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 Connah, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Connah families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Connah 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. Flintshire leads with 150 Connahs recorded in 1881 and an index of 254.24x.

County Total Index
Flintshire 150 254.24x
Lancashire 28 1.08x
Cheshire 15 3.10x
Derbyshire 9 2.62x
Middlesex 8 0.36x
Staffordshire 6 0.81x
Surrey 3 0.28x
Durham 1 0.15x
Gloucestershire 1 0.23x
Herefordshire 1 1.11x
Kent 1 0.13x
Lincolnshire 1 0.29x
Suffolk 1 0.37x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Hawarden in Flintshire leads with 34 Connahs recorded in 1881 and an index of 734.34x.

Place Total Index
Hawarden 34 734.34x
Hawarden Pentrobin 24 2553.19x
Mold Bistree 23 2395.83x
Hope 18 612.24x
Mold Argoed 16 1904.76x
Mold Hartsheath 10 6666.67x
Fairfield 9 391.30x
Hawarden Saltney 7 853.66x
Holywell 7 94.47x
Barrow In Furness 6 16.94x
West Bromwich 6 14.15x
Bootle Cum Linacre 5 24.18x
Mold 5 93.46x
St Pancras London 5 2.83x
Chester St John Baptist 4 45.92x
St Asaph 4 341.88x
Wigan 4 10.99x
Chester St Martin 3 389.61x
Doddleston 3 1363.64x
Liverpool 3 1.90x
Toxteth Park 3 3.40x
West Derby 3 3.94x
Bromley London 2 4.14x
Kearsley 2 36.50x
Sutton 2 25.84x
Tryddyn 2 156.25x
Chester St Mary On Hill 1 24.04x
Eccleston 1 416.67x
Elton In Chester 1 666.67x
Hardwicke 1 204.08x
Kingston On Thames 1 3.89x
Ledbury 1 32.36x
Livesey 1 21.88x
Lower Bebington 1 34.72x
Maidstone 1 4.48x
Monks Coppenhall 1 5.47x
Salford 1 1.31x
Shotley 1 212.77x
St Marylebone London 1 0.85x
Waltham 1 178.57x
Westoe 1 2.70x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 19
Elizabeth 9
Ann 8
Sarah 7
Hannah 5
Margaret 5
Catherine 4
Jane 4
Ellen 3
Ruth 3
Agnes 2
Anne 2
Eleanor 2
Fanny 2
Frances 2
Louisa 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Rebeca 2
Rebecca 2
Ada 1
Alice 1
Annie 1
Betsy 1
Bridget 1
Edith 1
Eliza 1
Emily 1
Esther 1
Francis 1
Isabella 1
Jessie 1
Kate 1
Lilly 1
Margrat 1
Margt. 1
Matilda 1
Maud 1
Rodah 1
Sarinia 1
Sophia 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

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

FAQ

Connah surname: questions and answers

How common was the Connah surname in 1881?

In 1881, 227 people were recorded with the Connah surname. That placed it at #11,858 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Connah surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 402 in 2016. That gives Connah a modern rank of #11,837.

What does the Connah map show?

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