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UK surname

Dalkin

In the 1881 census there were 191 people recorded with the Dalkin surname, ranking it #13,224 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 181, ranked #20,955, down from #13,224 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside, Auckland St Andrew and Hartlepool. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle upon Tyne and Darlington.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Dalkin is 307 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 5.2%.

1881 census count

191

Ranked #13,224

Modern count

181

2016, ranked #20,955

Peak year

1911

307 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Dalkin had 191 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,224 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 181 in 2016, ranked #20,955.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 307 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Dalkin surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Dalkin surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Dalkin 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 105 #16,618
1861 historical 95 #21,768
1881 historical 191 #13,224
1891 historical 196 #15,163
1901 historical 278 #12,252
1911 historical 307 #11,257
1997 modern 215 #16,844
1998 modern 229 #16,657
1999 modern 228 #16,790
2000 modern 232 #16,562
2001 modern 231 #16,365
2002 modern 242 #16,186
2003 modern 214 #17,343
2004 modern 218 #17,230
2005 modern 198 #18,279
2006 modern 208 #17,835
2007 modern 197 #18,669
2008 modern 198 #18,753
2009 modern 211 #18,377
2010 modern 211 #18,774
2011 modern 214 #18,436
2012 modern 187 #20,086
2013 modern 191 #20,124
2014 modern 187 #20,570
2015 modern 182 #20,856
2016 modern 181 #20,955

Geography

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Where Dalkins are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside, Auckland St Andrew, Hartlepool, Stranton and Stockton-on-Tees (Stockton-on-Tees), Stainton (Thornaby ), Norton. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stockton-on-Tees, Newcastle upon Tyne and Darlington. 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 Lanchester (Collierley, Kyo, Billingside, Medomsley, Ebchchester, Benfieldside, Heelyfield, Conside Durham
2 Auckland St Andrew Durham
3 Hartlepool Durham
4 Stranton Durham
5 Stockton-on-Tees (Stockton-on-Tees), Stainton (Thornaby ), Norton Durham

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stockton-on-Tees 015 Stockton-on-Tees
2 Stockton-on-Tees 011 Stockton-on-Tees
3 Stockton-on-Tees 012 Stockton-on-Tees
4 Newcastle upon Tyne 006 Newcastle upon Tyne
5 Darlington 015 Darlington

Forenames

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First names often paired with Dalkin

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Dalkin

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

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Dalkin 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

Dalkin is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

Dalkin 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Dalkin 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 Dalkin, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Dalkin families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Dalkin 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. Durham leads with 142 Dalkins recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.62x.

County Total Index
Durham 142 25.62x
Yorkshire 38 2.06x
Middlesex 5 0.27x
Northumberland 5 1.80x
Shropshire 1 0.62x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stanhope in Durham leads with 27 Dalkins recorded in 1881 and an index of 472.03x.

Place Total Index
Stanhope 27 472.03x
Stockton On Tees 16 59.88x
Bishop Auckland 15 201.61x
Barnard Castle 12 437.96x
Chester Le Street 10 234.74x
Eggleston 10 2083.33x
Brandon Byshottles 9 129.68x
Hetton Le Hole 9 128.21x
Hutton Rudby 9 1636.36x
Linthorpe 9 81.67x
Lynesack Softley 9 600.00x
Trimdon 9 459.18x
Coundon 7 311.11x
Skelton In Guisbrough 7 140.28x
Pickhill With Roxby 6 3333.33x
Westgate 5 29.12x
Esh 4 99.26x
Penshaw 4 239.52x
Middlesbrough 3 12.48x
St Marylebone London 3 3.02x
Bowling 1 5.47x
Cockfield 1 129.87x
Drayton In Hales 1 30.12x
Faceby 1 909.09x
Paddington London 1 1.46x
Pinchinthorpe 1 1428.57x
Scarborough 1 5.96x
St George Hanover Square 1 3.05x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 25
Elizabeth 10
Margaret 9
Sarah 8
Ann 5
Catherine 4
Jane 4
Agnes 3
Eliza 3
Annie 2
Barbara 2
Eleanor 2
Emily 2
Hannah 2
Ada 1
Alice 1
Cathrine 1
Elisabeth 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Isabella 1
Kate 1
Lydia 1
Margret 1
Margth. 1
Phillis 1
Rachel 1
Robert 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 22
Thomas 11
Joseph 10
George 7
Robert 7
Ralph 6
William 5
Henry 3
Alfred 2
Francis 2
James 2
Joshua 2
Stephen 2
Albert 1
David 1
Earnest 1
Frederick 1
Israel 1
Joeph 1
Josh. 1
Matthew 1
Richard 1
Robinson 1
Robt. 1
Samuel 1
Thos. 1
Watson 1

FAQ

Dalkin surname: questions and answers

How common was the Dalkin surname in 1881?

In 1881, 191 people were recorded with the Dalkin surname. That placed it at #13,224 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Dalkin surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 181 in 2016. That gives Dalkin a modern rank of #20,955.

What does the Dalkin map show?

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