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UK surname

Dayman

In the 1881 census there were 268 people recorded with the Dayman surname, ranking it #10,542 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 428, ranked #11,234, down from #10,542 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Aldridge and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Blaby, Leicester and Torridge.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Dayman is 471 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 59.7%.

1881 census count

268

Ranked #10,542

Modern count

428

2016, ranked #11,234

Peak year

1998

471 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Dayman had 268 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,542 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 428 in 2016, ranked #11,234.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 378 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Dayman surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Dayman surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Dayman 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 122 #14,966
1861 historical 216 #11,273
1881 historical 268 #10,542
1891 historical 316 #10,639
1901 historical 373 #9,948
1911 historical 378 #9,698
1997 modern 464 #9,831
1998 modern 471 #10,048
1999 modern 469 #10,139
2000 modern 457 #10,300
2001 modern 444 #10,348
2002 modern 455 #10,349
2003 modern 443 #10,413
2004 modern 449 #10,338
2005 modern 426 #10,649
2006 modern 420 #10,816
2007 modern 432 #10,682
2008 modern 439 #10,640
2009 modern 452 #10,629
2010 modern 469 #10,533
2011 modern 453 #10,732
2012 modern 458 #10,528
2013 modern 456 #10,722
2014 modern 442 #11,057
2015 modern 436 #11,099
2016 modern 428 #11,234

Geography

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Where Daymans are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Aldridge, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars, Enderby and Hartland. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Blaby, Leicester, Torridge, Hinckley and Bosworth and Reigate and Banstead. 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 Aldridge Staffordshire
3 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
4 Enderby Leicestershire
5 Hartland Devon

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Blaby 013 Blaby
2 Leicester 035 Leicester
3 Torridge 008 Torridge
4 Hinckley and Bosworth 006 Hinckley and Bosworth
5 Reigate and Banstead 015 Reigate and Banstead

Forenames

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First names often paired with Dayman

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Dayman

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

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Dayman surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Dayman 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 comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Dayman is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. 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

Scattered across London’s Inner and Outer suburbs, residents of these neighbourhoods are typically housed in the social rented sector. Although terraced and semi-detached houses predominate, more residents live in flats than elsewhere in the Supergroup. Neighbourhoods are more ethnically diverse than the Supergroup average. Those identifying as of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and some Black ethnicities are more prevalent. Europeans born in a overseas non-EU countries make up more of the lower proportion of residents identifying as White. Few residents are very old (85+). Employment in distribution, hotels and restaurants is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Dayman 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

Dayman 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.

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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Dayman families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Dayman 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. Devon leads with 69 Daymans recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.63x.

County Total Index
Devon 69 12.63x
Staffordshire 40 4.52x
Leicestershire 27 9.28x
Cornwall 19 6.40x
Dorset 14 8.13x
Middlesex 14 0.53x
Derbyshire 13 3.16x
Kent 13 1.45x
Hampshire 10 1.86x
Monmouthshire 10 5.27x
Gloucestershire 9 1.75x
Surrey 9 0.70x
Wiltshire 7 3.02x
Somerset 5 1.18x
Warwickshire 4 0.60x
Essex 2 0.39x
Sussex 2 0.45x
Oxfordshire 1 0.62x
Royal Navy 1 3.20x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Hartland in Devon leads with 28 Daymans recorded in 1881 and an index of 1647.06x.

Place Total Index
Hartland 28 1647.06x
Aldridge 19 1117.65x
Bradworthy 12 1500.00x
Leicester St Leonard 9 327.27x
Downton 7 230.26x
Enderby 7 463.58x
Kilkhampton 7 795.45x
Killamarsh 6 234.38x
Launcells 6 1200.00x
Millbrook 6 44.28x
Poole St James 6 92.74x
Shoreham 6 472.44x
Walsall Foreign 6 13.11x
Wimborne Minster 6 215.05x
Acton 5 32.51x
Alwington 5 1470.59x
Charfield 5 1000.00x
Clovelly 5 704.23x
Kirkby Mallory Earl 5 357.14x
Newport 5 55.25x
Rotherhithe 5 15.42x
Shenstone 5 222.22x
St Botolph Aldersgate 5 166.11x
St Giles On The Heath 5 2000.00x
St Woollos 5 23.62x
Yeovil 5 58.28x
Great Barr 4 396.04x
Leicester St Margaret 4 5.64x
Morton 4 506.33x
Rushall 4 76.78x
Poundstock 3 638.30x
Sherwill 3 810.81x
Arley 2 1052.63x
Battersea 2 2.07x
Birmingham 2 0.91x
Deal 2 26.18x
North Wingfield 2 108.70x
Parkham 2 277.78x
Parkstone 2 99.50x
Portsea 2 1.90x
Tiverton 2 21.25x
Bideford 1 17.09x
Bradfield 1 135.14x
Bristol Christchurch 1 133.33x
Bromley 1 7.33x
Chagford 1 76.34x
Cheam 1 72.99x
Chelsea London 1 1.26x
Clifton 1 3.84x
Deptford St Paul 1 1.45x
Dover St James 1 25.51x
East Putford 1 714.29x
Holsworthy 1 64.94x
Kensington London 1 0.69x
Leicester St Mary 1 4.26x
Leominster 1 69.93x
Lichfield St Mary 1 39.22x
Morwenstow 1 136.99x
Oadby 1 64.10x
Otterham 1 666.67x
Oxford St Giles 1 12.94x
Pancrasweek 1 344.83x
Petworth 1 37.88x
Portsmouth 1 8.08x
Poughill 1 277.78x
Royal Navy 1 3.74x
Southampton St Mary 1 2.96x
St Marylebone London 1 0.71x
St Pancras London 1 0.47x
Stoke Upon Trent 1 1.06x
Stroud 1 9.99x
Sutton 1 10.81x
Thornbury 1 28.41x
West Ham 1 0.87x
Westwell 1 111.11x
Winkleigh 1 90.91x
Withycombe Rawleigh 1 35.09x
Wormhill 1 116.28x
Wouldham 1 87.72x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 24
Sarah 9
Eliza 8
Emma 8
Elizabeth 7
Fanny 6
Ellen 5
Clara 4
Emily 4
Louisa 4
Margaret 4
Alice 3
Ann 3
Harriet 3
Ada 2
Agnes 2
Beatrice 2
Jane 2
Julia 2
Linda 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Matilda 2
Sariah 2
Annie 1
Anzonetta 1
Bathsheba 1
Caroline 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Eles 1
Elizth. 1
Eva 1
Florance 1
Hannah 1
Harriett 1
Helen 1
Josephine 1
Kate 1
Leonina 1
Lillian 1
Lilly 1
Lily 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
Mabel 1
Millicent 1
Rebacca 1
Rose 1
Ruth 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 20
John 17
Thomas 10
James 8
Samuel 6
Charles 5
George 5
Henry 5
Arthur 4
Walter 4
Alfred 3
Frederick 3
Joseph 3
Peter 3
Richard 3
Edward 2
Lewis 2
Robert 2
Wm. 2
Abert 1
Albert 1
Barnfield 1
Cleophas 1
Edwin 1
Francis 1
Fred 1
Fredrick 1
Gordon 1
Harry 1
Henery 1
Herbert 1
Humphry 1
Job 1
Phillipps 1
Reginald 1
Saml. 1
Titus 1

FAQ

Dayman surname: questions and answers

How common was the Dayman surname in 1881?

In 1881, 268 people were recorded with the Dayman surname. That placed it at #10,542 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Dayman surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 428 in 2016. That gives Dayman a modern rank of #11,234.

What does the Dayman map show?

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