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UK surname

Frow

In the 1881 census there were 315 people recorded with the Frow surname, ranking it #9,393 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 340, ranked #13,456, down from #9,393 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincoln St Botolph and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Nottingham, North Lincolnshire and Lincoln.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Frow is 451 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 7.9%.

1881 census count

315

Ranked #9,393

Modern count

340

2016, ranked #13,456

Peak year

1911

451 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Frow had 315 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,393 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 340 in 2016, ranked #13,456.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 451 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Frow surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Frow surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Frow 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 213 #9,934
1861 historical 231 #10,572
1881 historical 315 #9,393
1891 historical 324 #10,453
1901 historical 383 #9,760
1911 historical 451 #8,489
1997 modern 378 #11,474
1998 modern 384 #11,727
1999 modern 385 #11,771
2000 modern 385 #11,738
2001 modern 377 #11,723
2002 modern 382 #11,839
2003 modern 358 #12,208
2004 modern 355 #12,326
2005 modern 338 #12,698
2006 modern 333 #12,941
2007 modern 348 #12,637
2008 modern 345 #12,839
2009 modern 350 #12,972
2010 modern 352 #13,187
2011 modern 340 #13,375
2012 modern 342 #13,184
2013 modern 356 #13,016
2014 modern 360 #13,006
2015 modern 345 #13,312
2016 modern 340 #13,456

Geography

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Where Frows are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Barnetby-le-Wold, Lincoln St Botolph, London parishes, Gainsborough, Paddocks and Kirton-in-Lindsey. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Nottingham, North Lincolnshire and Lincoln. 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 Barnetby-le-Wold Lincolnshire
2 Lincoln St Botolph Lincolnshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Gainsborough, Paddocks Lincolnshire
5 Kirton-in-Lindsey Lincolnshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Nottingham 018 Nottingham
2 North Lincolnshire 014 North Lincolnshire
3 North Lincolnshire 021 North Lincolnshire
4 Lincoln 007 Lincoln
5 Lincoln 011 Lincoln

Forenames

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First names often paired with Frow

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Frow

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Frow, 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 Frow surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Frow 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, Frow 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

Frow 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

Frow falls in decile 7 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.

7
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Frow families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Frow 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 199 Frows recorded in 1881 and an index of 40.64x.

County Total Index
Lincolnshire 199 40.64x
Yorkshire 52 1.71x
Lancashire 22 0.61x
Nottinghamshire 7 1.70x
Surrey 6 0.40x
Kent 5 0.48x
Middlesex 5 0.16x
Shropshire 5 1.89x
Cheshire 3 0.44x
Rutland 2 8.89x
Warwickshire 2 0.26x
Cumberland 1 0.38x
Essex 1 0.17x
Hertfordshire 1 0.47x
Norfolk 1 0.21x
Somerset 1 0.20x
Sussex 1 0.19x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Gainsborough in Lincolnshire leads with 15 Frows recorded in 1881 and an index of 129.98x.

Place Total Index
Gainsborough 15 129.98x
Scunthorpe 11 500.00x
Winterton 11 654.76x
Little Bolton 10 21.40x
Brightside Bierlow 9 15.12x
South Elkington 9 2432.43x
Clee With Weelsby 8 74.63x
East Keal 8 1904.76x
Fulletby 8 2962.96x
Great Grimsby 8 25.74x
Kirton In Lindsey 8 412.37x
Rothwell 8 2962.96x
Sculcoates 8 16.63x
St Nicholas Lincoln 8 170.94x
Sutton Stoneferry 8 92.17x
Walkington 8 776.70x
Barnetby Le Wold 6 674.16x
Croxby 6 4615.38x
Didsbury 6 124.22x
Healing 6 5000.00x
Limber Magna 6 1176.47x
Mattersey 6 1666.67x
Sutton In Marsh 6 1578.95x
Sutton St Mary 6 129.59x
Benniworth 5 1250.00x
Dover St Mary Virgin 5 49.46x
Etton 5 961.54x
Headingley Cum Burley 5 25.59x
Market Rasen 5 182.48x
Worfield 5 271.74x
Caistor 4 205.13x
Harrington 4 3076.92x
Lambeth 4 1.50x
Wyberton 4 588.24x
Birkenhead 3 5.57x
Leake 3 133.93x
Sturton Bransby 3 441.18x
Ardwick 2 6.10x
Birmingham 2 0.78x
Boston 2 13.46x
Camberwell 2 1.02x
Cleethorpes 2 69.44x
Grasby 2 465.12x
Holy Trinity 2 2.74x
Mablethorpe 2 298.51x
Nether Hallam 2 4.87x
Oakham Deanshold 2 200.00x
Paddington London 2 1.78x
Skirbeck Quarter 2 222.22x
Thorpe St Peter 2 333.33x
Ulceby 2 168.07x
Wainfleet St Mary 2 270.27x
Wrangle 2 163.93x
York All Sts Pavement 2 571.43x
Bilsby 1 185.19x
Clerkenwell London 1 1.38x
Ecclesall Bierlow 1 1.62x
Edwinstowe 1 102.04x
Elsham 1 188.68x
Frome 1 8.48x
Fulstow 1 169.49x
Glentworth 1 256.41x
Gorton 1 2.93x
Great Bolton 1 2.08x
Great Coates 1 384.62x
Hertford All Saints 1 84.75x
Horbury 1 18.83x
Leeds 1 0.58x
Louth 1 8.91x
Normanby By Spital 1 238.10x
Pendleton In Salford 1 2.31x
Preston Quarter 1 13.53x
Scawby 1 61.73x
Setchey 1 833.33x
Spalding 1 10.29x
St Peterin Eastgate 1 66.23x
St Swithin Lincoln 1 12.99x
West Ham 1 0.75x
West Keal 1 256.41x
Westhoughton 1 10.31x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 28
Elizabeth 14
Sarah 14
Emma 11
Fanny 7
Ann 6
Annie 6
Eliza 5
Maria 5
Charlotte 4
Hannah 4
Alice 3
Ellen 3
Harriet 3
Jane 3
Louisa 3
Minnie 3
Clara 2
Edith 2
Emily 2
Florence 2
Margaret 2
Anne 1
Anney 1
Betsy 1
Caroline 1
Catherine 1
Charlott 1
Dinah 1
Ellenor 1
Eva 1
Frances 1
Georgiana 1
Gertrude 1
Hariett 1
Henrietta 1
Hervatta 1
Jessie 1
Lillian 1
Lucey 1
Lucy 1
M. 1
Mariah 1
Martha 1
Marthar 1
Matilda 1
Milicent 1
Priscilla 1
Rebecca 1
S. 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 20
William 18
John 17
Charles 10
Thomas 10
Henry 8
Robert 6
Samuel 6
James 5
Edward 4
Joseph 4
Frederick 3
Harry 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Edwin 2
Hewson 2
Jackson 2
Albert 1
C. 1
Charly 1
Chas. 1
Cuttin 1
Daniel 1
Earnest 1
Edmund 1
Enoch 1
Fred 1
Fredk.Hy. 1
Herbert 1
Jonathan 1
Mark 1
Marris 1
Mathew 1
Matthew 1
Morris 1
Reuben 1
Sidney 1
Solomon 1
Stephen 1
Theophilus 1
Thos. 1
Thos.Matthew 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Frow surname: questions and answers

How common was the Frow surname in 1881?

In 1881, 315 people were recorded with the Frow surname. That placed it at #9,393 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Frow surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 340 in 2016. That gives Frow a modern rank of #13,456.

What does the Frow map show?

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