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UK surname

Fitzjohn

In the 1881 census there were 478 people recorded with the Fitzjohn surname, ranking it #7,000 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 797, ranked #6,943, up from #7,000 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Leonard Shoreditch, London parishes and St Albans St Peter and St Stephen. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Fenland, East Hertfordshire and Portsmouth.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Fitzjohn is 874 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 66.7%.

1881 census count

478

Ranked #7,000

Modern count

797

2016, ranked #6,943

Peak year

1999

874 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Fitzjohn had 478 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,000 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 797 in 2016, ranked #6,943.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 768 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Fitzjohn surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Fitzjohn surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Fitzjohn 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 272 #8,240
1861 historical 299 #8,460
1881 historical 478 #7,000
1891 historical 568 #6,687
1901 historical 695 #6,324
1911 historical 768 #5,645
1997 modern 810 #6,472
1998 modern 862 #6,364
1999 modern 874 #6,351
2000 modern 836 #6,544
2001 modern 811 #6,576
2002 modern 836 #6,543
2003 modern 817 #6,541
2004 modern 812 #6,589
2005 modern 812 #6,533
2006 modern 810 #6,557
2007 modern 805 #6,648
2008 modern 825 #6,572
2009 modern 835 #6,660
2010 modern 852 #6,681
2011 modern 837 #6,694
2012 modern 796 #6,859
2013 modern 820 #6,801
2014 modern 819 #6,844
2015 modern 798 #6,947
2016 modern 797 #6,943

Geography

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Where Fitzjohns are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Leonard Shoreditch, London parishes, St Albans St Peter and St Stephen, Doddington and Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew, Standground (Stilton & Peterborough, Northamptonshire). These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Fenland, East Hertfordshire, Portsmouth and Peterborough. 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 St Leonard Shoreditch London (East Districts)
2 London parishes London 3
3 St Albans St Peter and St Stephen Hertfordshire
4 Doddington Cambridgeshire
5 Whittlesey St Mary and St Andrew, Standground (Stilton & Peterborough, Northamptonshire) Cambridgeshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Fenland 006 Fenland
2 East Hertfordshire 010 East Hertfordshire
3 Fenland 008 Fenland
4 Portsmouth 016 Portsmouth
5 Peterborough 018 Peterborough

Forenames

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First names often paired with Fitzjohn

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Fitzjohn

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

Fitzjohn is most concentrated in decile 9 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

Fitzjohn 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 Fitzjohn is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 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 - Irish

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

1881 census detail

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Fitzjohn families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Fitzjohn 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. Hertfordshire leads with 125 Fitzjohns recorded in 1881 and an index of 39.47x.

County Total Index
Hertfordshire 125 39.47x
Middlesex 89 1.94x
Cambridgeshire 70 24.05x
Northamptonshire 39 9.02x
Yorkshire 27 0.59x
Kent 15 0.96x
Surrey 12 0.54x
Essex 11 1.21x
Lancashire 11 0.20x
Hampshire 10 1.06x
Nottinghamshire 10 1.61x
Staffordshire 10 0.64x
Midlothian 8 1.30x
Durham 6 0.44x
Leicestershire 6 1.18x
Lincolnshire 5 0.68x
Rutland 4 11.86x
Huntingdonshire 3 3.29x
Dorset 2 0.66x
Norfolk 2 0.28x
Sussex 2 0.26x
Gloucestershire 1 0.11x
Royal Navy 1 1.83x
Shropshire 1 0.25x
Suffolk 1 0.18x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Whittlesey St Mary St in Cambridgeshire leads with 53 Fitzjohns recorded in 1881 and an index of 521.65x.

Place Total Index
Whittlesey St Mary St 53 521.65x
Kings Walden 27 1508.38x
Shoreditch London 22 11.05x
Ormesby 13 106.21x
Walkern 13 977.44x
Islington London 12 2.69x
Wheathampstead 12 327.87x
Woodnewton 12 1600.00x
Hertingfordbury 10 775.19x
March 10 102.67x
Bromley London 9 8.90x
Castor 9 489.13x
Lewisham 9 10.77x
Peterborough 9 28.76x
Abbots Langley 8 170.21x
Harpenden 8 165.63x
Inveresk 8 48.02x
Hitchin 7 48.99x
Watford 7 28.51x
Edgware 6 468.75x
Hertford St John 6 127.12x
Hornsey 6 10.33x
Middleton St George 6 350.88x
South Weald 6 77.22x
Southampton St Mary 6 10.13x
Stoke Upon Trent 6 3.65x
Aldenham 5 173.61x
Barrow In Furness 5 6.74x
Chelsea London 5 3.61x
Hampstead London 5 6.99x
Haslingden 5 22.15x
Leigh 5 243.90x
Apethorpe 4 1176.47x
Bermondsey 4 2.92x
Burton Extra 4 44.99x
Collyweston 4 588.24x
Glaston 4 1142.86x
Hendon 4 24.20x
Holy Trinity 4 3.65x
Little Stanmore 4 294.12x
Southwell 4 88.69x
Thorner 4 270.27x
West Ham 4 2.00x
Worksop 4 21.77x
Aspenden 3 306.12x
Baldock 3 100.67x
Bengeo 3 81.52x
Broxbourne 3 47.77x
Clee With Weelsby 3 18.66x
Lambeth 3 0.75x
Leicester St Margaret 3 2.42x
Mountsorrel North End 3 306.12x
St Pancras London 3 0.81x
Wisbech St Peter 3 20.56x
Bassingbourn 2 46.73x
Bow London 2 3.42x
Dorchester All Sts 2 138.89x
Hertford All Saints 2 112.99x
Linthorpe 2 7.36x
Nottingham St Peter 2 28.99x
Paddington London 2 1.18x
Portsea 2 1.08x
Putney 2 9.55x
Ramsey 2 27.40x
Shenley 2 95.69x
St George Hanover Square 2 2.47x
Thetford St Mary 2 104.17x
Barley 1 102.04x
Brickendon 1 68.03x
Brockenhurst 1 61.35x
Deptford St Paul 1 0.83x
Finchley 1 5.68x
Fulham London 1 1.50x
Gembling 1 555.56x
Heston 1 6.55x
Middlesbrough 1 1.69x
Pilton 1 526.32x
South Mimms 1 15.87x
Streatham 1 2.93x
Wigan 1 1.31x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 36
Sarah 22
Elizabeth 15
Eliza 12
Ellen 11
Emma 9
Emily 8
Martha 8
Susan 8
Hannah 7
Alice 5
Catherine 5
Jane 5
Ada 4
Ann 4
Anne 4
Annie 3
Charlotte 3
Harriett 3
Henrietta 3
Kate 3
Lucy 3
Minnie 3
Agnes 2
Edith 2
Frances 2
Lizzie 2
Maria 2
Matilda 2
Beatrice 1
Betsey 1
Caraline 1
Clara 1
Drusilla 1
Elizah 1
Fanney 1
Fanny 1
Georgiana 1
Georgina 1
Grace 1
Helena 1
Ida 1
John 1
Jottie 1
Julia 1
Liszie 1
Lois 1
Louisa 1
Luticia 1
Winifred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 24
George 20
James 16
John 15
Robert 15
Henry 13
Thomas 12
Charles 9
Arthur 8
Alfred 7
Joseph 7
Daniel 6
Edward 5
Frank 5
Samuel 5
Benjamin 4
Francis 4
Isaac 3
Richard 3
Walter 3
Albert 2
Fred 2
Frederick 2
Geo. 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Caudus 1
David 1
E. 1
Eadus 1
Edis 1
Eless 1
Elfhson 1
Ernest 1
Frances 1
Fre. 1
Frederic 1
Fredrick 1
Hudson 1
Isac 1
Jesse 1
Jno. 1
Lenard 1
Lewis 1
Percy 1
Peter 1
Rich.Saml. 1
Thos. 1
Thos.Edwd. 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Fitzjohn surname: questions and answers

How common was the Fitzjohn surname in 1881?

In 1881, 478 people were recorded with the Fitzjohn surname. That placed it at #7,000 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Fitzjohn surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 797 in 2016. That gives Fitzjohn a modern rank of #6,943.

What does the Fitzjohn map show?

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