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UK surname

Flintham

In the 1881 census there were 232 people recorded with the Flintham surname, ranking it #11,677 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 367, ranked #12,669, down from #11,677 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Blankney with Linwood, Lincoln St Botolph and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North Kesteven, Wyre and Rotherham.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Flintham is 453 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 58.2%.

1881 census count

232

Ranked #11,677

Modern count

367

2016, ranked #12,669

Peak year

2000

453 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Flintham had 232 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,677 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 367 in 2016, ranked #12,669.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 396 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Flintham surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Flintham surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Flintham 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 137 #13,812
1861 historical 111 #19,429
1881 historical 232 #11,677
1891 historical 270 #12,027
1901 historical 346 #10,516
1911 historical 396 #9,354
1997 modern 408 #10,844
1998 modern 428 #10,810
1999 modern 445 #10,535
2000 modern 453 #10,371
2001 modern 437 #10,482
2002 modern 445 #10,538
2003 modern 410 #11,061
2004 modern 404 #11,199
2005 modern 389 #11,423
2006 modern 388 #11,496
2007 modern 388 #11,630
2008 modern 401 #11,441
2009 modern 400 #11,729
2010 modern 406 #11,847
2011 modern 390 #12,089
2012 modern 374 #12,324
2013 modern 379 #12,399
2014 modern 373 #12,633
2015 modern 365 #12,743
2016 modern 367 #12,669

Geography

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Where Flinthams are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Blankney with Linwood, Lincoln St Botolph, London parishes, Washingborough and Metheringham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North Kesteven, Wyre, Rotherham, South Derbyshire and East Lindsey. 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 Blankney with Linwood Lincolnshire
2 Lincoln St Botolph Lincolnshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Washingborough Lincolnshire
5 Metheringham Lincolnshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North Kesteven 005 North Kesteven
2 Wyre 001 Wyre
3 Rotherham 017 Rotherham
4 South Derbyshire 007 South Derbyshire
5 East Lindsey 015 East Lindsey

Forenames

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First names often paired with Flintham

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Flintham

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

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Flintham surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Flintham 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 predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

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, Flintham 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

Flintham 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

Flintham falls in decile 6 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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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Flintham 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Flintham families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Flintham 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. Lincolnshire leads with 134 Flinthams recorded in 1881 and an index of 37.04x.

County Total Index
Lincolnshire 134 37.04x
Yorkshire 32 1.43x
Middlesex 11 0.49x
Surrey 11 1.00x
Lancashire 9 0.34x
Nottinghamshire 9 2.95x
Kent 6 0.78x
Huntingdonshire 5 11.13x
Staffordshire 4 0.52x
Bedfordshire 2 1.71x
Gloucestershire 2 0.45x
Hampshire 2 0.43x
Northamptonshire 2 0.94x
Cumberland 1 0.51x
Somerset 1 0.27x
Suffolk 1 0.36x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Blankney in Lincolnshire leads with 17 Flinthams recorded in 1881 and an index of 3333.33x.

Place Total Index
Blankney 17 3333.33x
Heighington 14 2413.79x
Rotherham 12 94.94x
Barrow In Furness 9 24.64x
Fiskerton 9 2647.06x
Great Grimsby 9 39.20x
Nocton 9 1836.73x
Shoreditch London 9 9.17x
St Martin Lincoln 8 238.10x
Camberwell 7 4.84x
Market Rasen 7 346.53x
Martin In Sleaford 7 1111.11x
St Benedict Lincoln 7 1428.57x
Aisthorpe 6 6666.67x
Blyton 5 909.09x
Covington 5 4166.67x
Deptford St Paul 5 8.40x
Doncaster 5 30.53x
Waddingham 5 909.09x
Cannock 4 30.01x
Lambeth 4 2.03x
Wortley In Bramley 4 22.52x
Bardney 3 277.78x
Barlings 3 833.33x
Gainsborough 3 35.17x
Horncastle 3 80.43x
Kimberworth 3 24.10x
Nottingham St Mary 3 3.80x
Ordsall 3 128.21x
Roxby Cum Risby 3 937.50x
Castle Dykings Lincoln 2 1428.57x
Cheltenham 2 5.84x
Higham Ferrers 2 172.41x
Reepham 2 714.29x
Southcoates 2 16.06x
St Marylebone London 2 1.66x
St Swithin Lincoln 2 35.15x
Washingborough 2 357.14x
Wombwell 2 30.58x
Aldeburgh 1 61.35x
Aldershot 1 6.44x
Ardsley 1 38.76x
Bedminster 1 2.92x
Caldewgate 1 9.37x
Dean 1 263.16x
Foots Cray 1 67.57x
Greatford 1 588.24x
Hucknall Torkard 1 12.94x
Ilkley 1 27.32x
Kempston 1 37.59x
Kexby 1 400.00x
Kingstonupon Hull 1 55.56x
Louth 1 12.06x
Nettleham 1 135.14x
Portsea 1 1.10x
Radford 1 6.45x
Scarborough 1 4.91x
Skellingthorpe 1 178.57x
South Thoresby 1 769.23x
St Peterin Eastgate 1 89.29x
Walesby 1 400.00x
Worksop 1 11.05x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 19
Ann 9
Sarah 9
Emma 8
Elizabeth 6
Eliza 5
Annie 4
Ellen 4
Louisa 4
Betsy 3
Fanny 3
Jane 3
Alice 2
Edith 2
Harriett 2
Kate 2
Lucy 2
Martha 2
Winifred 2
Ada 1
Anna 1
Betsey 1
Elzth. 1
Flora 1
Francess 1
Harriet 1
Hennietta 1
Henritta 1
Julia 1
Laura 1
Lillian 1
Lilly 1
Lizzie 1
Maria 1
Maud 1
Millicent 1
Rebecca 1
Rose 1
Sophia 1
Susy 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 19
George 18
William 11
Joseph 9
Charles 8
James 5
Thomas 5
Benjamin 4
Richard 4
Tom 3
Alfred 2
Bartholomew 2
Edward 2
Frank 2
Henry 2
Levi 2
Matthew 2
Willm. 2
Wm. 2
Albert 1
Arthur 1
Chares 1
Chas. 1
Ellis 1
Francis 1
Freeman 1
Harry 1
J. 1
Johnson 1
Knighton 1
Ruebon 1
W. 1
Walter 1
Wm.N. 1

FAQ

Flintham surname: questions and answers

How common was the Flintham surname in 1881?

In 1881, 232 people were recorded with the Flintham surname. That placed it at #11,677 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Flintham surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 367 in 2016. That gives Flintham a modern rank of #12,669.

What does the Flintham map show?

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