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UK surname

Ellams

In the 1881 census there were 271 people recorded with the Ellams surname, ranking it #10,449 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 535, ranked #9,499, up from #10,449 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Acton, Toxteth Park and Ince. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy and Telford and Wrekin.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Ellams is 581 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 97.4%.

1881 census count

271

Ranked #10,449

Modern count

535

2016, ranked #9,499

Peak year

2002

581 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Ellams had 271 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,449 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 535 in 2016, ranked #9,499.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 478 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Ellams surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Ellams surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Ellams 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 150 #12,905
1861 historical 155 #14,881
1881 historical 271 #10,449
1891 historical 344 #9,969
1901 historical 399 #9,495
1911 historical 478 #8,099
1997 modern 520 #9,043
1998 modern 573 #8,643
1999 modern 570 #8,736
2000 modern 577 #8,630
2001 modern 564 #8,645
2002 modern 581 #8,630
2003 modern 564 #8,679
2004 modern 568 #8,661
2005 modern 562 #8,658
2006 modern 550 #8,814
2007 modern 541 #9,006
2008 modern 559 #8,844
2009 modern 573 #8,897
2010 modern 576 #9,036
2011 modern 556 #9,185
2012 modern 529 #9,461
2013 modern 565 #9,124
2014 modern 565 #9,191
2015 modern 561 #9,153
2016 modern 535 #9,499

Geography

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Where Ellams' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Acton, Toxteth Park, Ince, Liverpool and Frodsham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Cheshire West and Chester, Conwy, Telford and Wrekin and Halton. 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 Acton Middlesex (Exclusive Of London Districts)
2 Toxteth Park Lancashire
3 Ince Cheshire
4 Liverpool Lancashire
5 Frodsham Cheshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Cheshire West and Chester 002 Cheshire West and Chester
2 Cheshire West and Chester 015 Cheshire West and Chester
3 Conwy 014 Conwy
4 Telford and Wrekin 011 Telford and Wrekin
5 Halton 012 Halton

Forenames

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First names often paired with Ellams

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Ellams

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

Ellams is most concentrated in decile 5 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

Ellams falls in decile 2 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.

2
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Ellams is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 25-30 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 Ellams, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Ellams families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Ellams 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 97 Ellams' recorded in 1881 and an index of 16.56x.

County Total Index
Cheshire 97 16.56x
Lancashire 95 3.02x
Staffordshire 30 3.35x
Middlesex 22 0.83x
Shropshire 14 6.11x
Surrey 7 0.54x
Berkshire 4 2.01x
Yorkshire 2 0.08x
Cumberland 1 0.44x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Helsby in Cheshire leads with 20 Ellams' recorded in 1881 and an index of 2702.70x.

Place Total Index
Helsby 20 2702.70x
Frodsham 18 792.95x
Salford 13 14.04x
Liverpool 12 6.28x
Toxteth Park 12 11.26x
Wolstanton 12 44.12x
West Derby 11 11.94x
Acton 10 64.31x
Everton 9 8.97x
Ince 9 3000.00x
Kingswood 9 4090.91x
Withington 9 88.76x
Wolstanton Knutton 9 164.53x
Great Sutton 8 2580.65x
Ealing 7 29.52x
Lambeth 7 3.03x
Allerton 6 800.00x
Manley 6 2142.86x
Stayley 6 89.69x
Stretford 6 34.64x
Mouldsworth 5 2941.18x
Smallthorne 5 150.60x
Stoke Upon Tern 5 588.24x
Binfield 4 261.44x
Drayton In Hales 4 84.57x
Elton In Chester 4 2222.22x
Kirkdale 4 7.55x
Middle 4 634.92x
Sutton In Runcorn 4 1176.47x
Great Bolton 3 7.19x
Hanworth 3 322.58x
Litherland 3 45.59x
Monks Coppenhall 3 13.57x
Tattenhall 3 300.00x
Warrington 3 8.04x
Edmonton 2 9.35x
Holy Trinity 2 3.16x
Newcastle Under Lyme 2 12.62x
Bootle Cum Linacre 1 4.00x
Burslem 1 3.90x
Calveley 1 400.00x
Ellesmere 1 25.38x
Great Crosby 1 11.66x
Hoole 1 45.25x
Hulme 1 1.52x
Keele 1 105.26x
Preston Quarter 1 15.63x
Walton On Hill 1 5.86x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 20
Elizabeth 17
Sarah 15
Ann 10
Alice 6
Ellen 6
Jane 6
Esther 5
Annie 4
Eliza 4
Hannah 4
Martha 4
Fanny 3
Harriet 3
Elenor 2
Kate 2
Margaret 2
Maria 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Bertha 1
Clara 1
Cylinda 1
Dorah 1
Elizebeth 1
Emily 1
Emma 1
Flora 1
George 1
Katie 1
Lilly 1
Louisa 1
Lucy 1
Margret 1
Marie 1
Millicent 1
Minnie 1
Priscilla 1
Rebecca 1
Rebeckar 1
Rosa 1
Rosanna 1
Rosetta 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 29
William 15
Joseph 12
George 11
Thomas 9
James 6
Charles 4
Peter 4
Samuel 4
Albert 3
Alfred 3
Harry 3
Adam 2
Arthur 2
Frank 2
Henry 2
Herbert 2
Thos. 2
Burton 1
David 1
Ernest 1
Fred 1
Fred. 1
Fredrick 1
Gilbert 1
Jos. 1
Richard 1
Saml. 1
Shadrach 1
Spencer 1
Walter 1
Williams 1
Willie 1

FAQ

Ellams surname: questions and answers

How common was the Ellams surname in 1881?

In 1881, 271 people were recorded with the Ellams surname. That placed it at #10,449 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Ellams surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 535 in 2016. That gives Ellams a modern rank of #9,499.

What does the Ellams map show?

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