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UK surname

Fazakerley

In the 1881 census there were 266 people recorded with the Fazakerley surname, ranking it #10,589 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 481, ranked #10,275, up from #10,589 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Toxteth Park, Tarleton and Liverpool. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Gwynedd, Sunderland and County Durham.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Fazakerley is 522 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 80.8%.

1881 census count

266

Ranked #10,589

Modern count

481

2016, ranked #10,275

Peak year

2010

522 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Fazakerley had 266 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,589 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 481 in 2016, ranked #10,275.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 447 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Fazakerley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Fazakerley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Fazakerley 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 212 #9,965
1861 historical 215 #11,316
1881 historical 266 #10,589
1891 historical 400 #8,878
1901 historical 413 #9,266
1911 historical 447 #8,552
1997 modern 478 #9,627
1998 modern 494 #9,693
1999 modern 492 #9,784
2000 modern 499 #9,653
2001 modern 490 #9,619
2002 modern 503 #9,591
2003 modern 489 #9,646
2004 modern 485 #9,716
2005 modern 487 #9,621
2006 modern 480 #9,772
2007 modern 477 #9,907
2008 modern 484 #9,877
2009 modern 504 #9,788
2010 modern 522 #9,739
2011 modern 509 #9,821
2012 modern 493 #9,975
2013 modern 501 #10,006
2014 modern 501 #10,063
2015 modern 501 #9,995
2016 modern 481 #10,275

Geography

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Where Fazakerleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Toxteth Park, Tarleton, Liverpool, West Derby and Aughton. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Gwynedd, Sunderland, County Durham and North East 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 Toxteth Park Lancashire
2 Tarleton Lancashire
3 Liverpool Lancashire
4 West Derby Lancashire
5 Aughton Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Gwynedd 009 Gwynedd
2 Sunderland 027 Sunderland
3 County Durham 006 County Durham
4 North East Derbyshire 013 North East Derbyshire
5 Sunderland 028 Sunderland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Fazakerley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Fazakerley

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Fazakerley surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Fazakerley household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Fazakerley 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

Fazakerley 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

Fazakerley falls in decile 8 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 Fazakerley 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Fazakerley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Fazakerley 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. Lancashire leads with 232 Fazakerleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.53x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 232 7.53x
Cheshire 11 1.92x
Flintshire 8 11.47x
Nottinghamshire 4 1.14x
Warwickshire 3 0.46x
Yorkshire 3 0.12x
Surrey 2 0.16x
Hampshire 1 0.19x
Hertfordshire 1 0.56x
Staffordshire 1 0.11x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Aughton in Lancashire leads with 30 Fazakerleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 983.61x.

Place Total Index
Aughton 30 983.61x
Everton 20 20.38x
Liverpool 18 9.63x
West Derby 17 18.87x
Kirkdale 11 21.24x
Toxteth Park 11 10.55x
Blackrod 9 234.99x
Hindley 8 60.93x
Rhuddlan 8 130.29x
Tarleton 8 473.37x
Gorton 7 24.19x
Parr 7 63.52x
Cuerdon 6 1176.47x
Maghull 6 468.75x
Barton Upon Irwell 5 21.57x
Bootle Cum Linacre 5 20.45x
Bury 5 14.22x
Openshaw 5 34.67x
Rainhill 5 253.81x
Halsall 4 327.87x
Ince In Makerfield 4 27.91x
Liscard 4 38.76x
Newton In Makerfield 4 42.42x
North Meols 4 13.27x
Nottingham St Mary 4 4.42x
Oldham 4 4.03x
Pendleton In Salford 4 10.91x
Wigan 4 9.30x
Downholland 3 697.67x
Eccleston In Prescot 3 19.40x
Oxton 3 92.59x
Rainford 3 90.09x
Sutton 3 29.04x
Birkenhead 2 4.38x
Birmingham 2 0.92x
Bradford 2 3.21x
Croydon 2 2.85x
Lathom 2 53.76x
Alton 1 106.38x
Aston 1 0.56x
Hunsterson 1 588.24x
Lotherton Cum Aberford 1 256.41x
Moss Side 1 6.17x
Much Woolton 1 23.92x
Ormskirk 1 16.98x
Pennington In Leigh 1 16.92x
Rusholme 1 12.18x
Sale 1 14.22x
Ulnes Walton 1 294.12x
Watford 1 7.21x
Widnes 1 4.50x
Yarmouth 1 142.86x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 30
Alice 10
Elizabeth 10
Ellen 10
Ann 9
Margaret 8
Jane 7
Hannah 6
Sarah 5
Annie 4
Charlotte 4
Catherine 3
Isabella 3
Margt. 3
Martha 3
Eliza 2
Esther 2
Georgina 2
Jessie 2
Lydia 2
Rebecca 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Betsey 1
Constance 1
Dinah 1
Dora 1
Dorothy 1
Easter 1
Elisabeth 1
Emily 1
Emma 1
Fanny 1
Grace 1
Harriet 1
Harrt. 1
Janet 1
Jannet 1
Kate 1
Louisa 1
M.E. 1
Mabel 1
Margery 1
Maria 1
Marria 1
Maud 1
Nellie 1
Rose 1
Susanna 1
Winefred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 17
William 14
Thomas 13
James 12
Richard 9
Edward 7
George 6
Henry 6
Joseph 5
Robert 3
Alfred 2
Edwd. 2
Harry 2
Bernard 1
Charles 1
Francis 1
Frank 1
Frederick 1
Lawrance 1
Miles 1
Peter 1
Ralph 1
Rhodes 1
Stanley 1
Thos. 1

FAQ

Fazakerley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Fazakerley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 266 people were recorded with the Fazakerley surname. That placed it at #10,589 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Fazakerley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 481 in 2016. That gives Fazakerley a modern rank of #10,275.

What does the Fazakerley map show?

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