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UK surname

Fenemore

In the 1881 census there were 229 people recorded with the Fenemore surname, ranking it #11,784 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 248, ranked #16,910, down from #11,784 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Oakley, Shabbington, London parishes and Tring. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Aylesbury Vale, Tewkesbury and Cherwell.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Fenemore is 344 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 8.3%.

1881 census count

229

Ranked #11,784

Modern count

248

2016, ranked #16,910

Peak year

1911

344 bearers

Map years

8

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Fenemore had 229 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,784 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 248 in 2016, ranked #16,910.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 344 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Fenemore surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Fenemore surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Fenemore 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 166 #11,986
1861 historical 90 #22,312
1881 historical 229 #11,784
1891 historical 233 #13,392
1901 historical 296 #11,749
1911 historical 344 #10,386
1997 modern 226 #16,306
1998 modern 258 #15,354
1999 modern 262 #15,308
2000 modern 251 #15,692
2001 modern 249 #15,573
2002 modern 269 #15,044
2003 modern 249 #15,653
2004 modern 256 #15,453
2005 modern 244 #15,900
2006 modern 239 #16,224
2007 modern 245 #16,134
2008 modern 249 #16,111
2009 modern 252 #16,323
2010 modern 255 #16,563
2011 modern 264 #16,016
2012 modern 249 #16,572
2013 modern 256 #16,506
2014 modern 257 #16,598
2015 modern 249 #16,858
2016 modern 248 #16,910

Geography

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Where Fenemores are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Oakley, Shabbington, London parishes, Tring, Iver and Witney. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Aylesbury Vale, Tewkesbury, Cherwell and Bury. 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 Oakley, Shabbington Oxfordshire
2 London parishes London 1
3 Tring Hertfordshire
4 Iver Buckinghamshire
5 Witney Oxfordshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Aylesbury Vale 008 Aylesbury Vale
2 Tewkesbury 007 Tewkesbury
3 Aylesbury Vale 004 Aylesbury Vale
4 Cherwell 010 Cherwell
5 Bury 012 Bury

Forenames

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First names often paired with Fenemore

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Fenemore

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Fenemore, 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 Fenemore surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Fenemore 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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Fenemore 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

Fenemore is most concentrated in decile 3 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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.

3
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Fenemore falls in decile 5 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.

5
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Fenemore families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Fenemore 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. Oxfordshire leads with 87 Fenemores recorded in 1881 and an index of 63.07x.

County Total Index
Oxfordshire 87 63.07x
Buckinghamshire 35 25.92x
Middlesex 31 1.39x
Warwickshire 24 4.26x
Hertfordshire 19 12.34x
Northamptonshire 10 4.76x
Berkshire 8 4.77x
Glamorgan 3 0.77x
Kent 2 0.26x
Lancashire 2 0.08x
Norfolk 2 0.58x
Surrey 2 0.18x
Sussex 2 0.53x
Cheshire 1 0.20x
Lanarkshire 1 0.14x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Tring in Hertfordshire leads with 19 Fenemores recorded in 1881 and an index of 462.29x.

Place Total Index
Tring 19 462.29x
Alcester 18 967.74x
Oakley 17 5312.50x
Steeple Aston 15 2884.62x
Witney 13 562.77x
Launton 11 2391.30x
Hampton Poyle 10 10000.00x
Stoke Lyne 10 2380.95x
Iver 9 517.24x
Bray 8 162.27x
Hackney London 7 5.59x
St George Martyr London 7 154.87x
Upton Cum Chalvey 7 130.11x
Hailey 6 618.56x
Hammersmith London 6 10.91x
Byfield 4 655.74x
Fringford 4 1290.32x
Steeple Barton 4 571.43x
Whitfield 4 2500.00x
Birmingham 3 1.60x
Horley 3 1250.00x
Michaelstone Super Avon 3 71.26x
Stanton St John 3 714.29x
Brackley St James 2 416.67x
Clerkenwell London 2 3.79x
Feltham 2 89.69x
Paddington London 2 2.44x
Preston 2 30.40x
Wandsworth 2 9.30x
Wheatacre All Sts 2 1818.18x
Yarnton 2 952.38x
Allesley 1 135.14x
Ashendon 1 526.32x
Aston Cote 1 185.19x
Aston Rowant 1 204.08x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.03x
Bishops Itchington 1 185.19x
Blackburn 1 1.42x
Charlton On Otmoor 1 250.00x
Deptford St Paul 1 1.70x
Faversham 1 13.76x
Hamilton 1 4.96x
Heston 1 13.48x
Hornsey 1 3.54x
Hyde 1 6.87x
Layton With Warbreck 1 10.28x
Mollington 1 476.19x
Oxford St Giles 1 15.20x
Shelswell 1 3333.33x
St George Hanover Square 1 2.54x
St Pancras London 1 0.56x
Stratford On Avon 1 32.05x
Waddesdon Westcott 1 238.10x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 12
Sarah 8
Elizabeth 7
Ann 6
Clara 5
Edith 5
Emily 5
Eliza 4
Ellen 4
Fanny 4
Rose 4
Annie 3
Maria 3
Alice 2
Caroline 2
Ethel 2
Gertrude 2
Harriet 2
Jane 2
Lizzie 2
Matilda 2
An 1
Anne 1
Charlotte 1
Eleanor 1
Elena 1
Elizebeth 1
Elizebth 1
Elizth. 1
Elizth.Ann 1
Emma 1
Eva 1
Frances 1
Francess 1
Georgina 1
H.Jane 1
Hannah 1
Harriett 1
Henriette 1
James 1
Jemima 1
Julia 1
Lillian 1
Lydia 1
Mabel 1
Margaret 1
Mery 1
Mildred 1
Minnia 1
Tracy 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 23
Henry 9
John 8
Joseph 8
James 6
Richard 5
Charles 4
George 4
Arthur 3
Frederick 3
Stephen 3
Thomas 3
Albert 2
Edgar 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Isaac 2
Rd. 2
Samuel 2
Alfred 1
Aubrey 1
Chas. 1
E.William 1
Edward 1
Edwin 1
Frederic 1
Hervest 1
Jabez 1
Percy 1
Robert 1
Saml. 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Fenemore surname: questions and answers

How common was the Fenemore surname in 1881?

In 1881, 229 people were recorded with the Fenemore surname. That placed it at #11,784 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Fenemore surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 248 in 2016. That gives Fenemore a modern rank of #16,910.

What does the Fenemore map show?

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