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UK surname

Garrood

In the 1881 census there were 181 people recorded with the Garrood surname, ranking it #13,690 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 192, ranked #20,118, down from #13,690 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Fersfield, London parishes and Tooting Graveney. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wandsworth, Rushmoor and Guildford.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Garrood is 230 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 6.1%.

1881 census count

181

Ranked #13,690

Modern count

192

2016, ranked #20,118

Peak year

1998

230 bearers

Map years

7

1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Garrood had 181 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,690 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 192 in 2016, ranked #20,118.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 226 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Diverse Educated Urban Singles.

Garrood surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Garrood surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Garrood 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 82 #19,317
1861 historical 83 #23,189
1881 historical 181 #13,690
1891 historical 226 #13,668
1901 historical 217 #14,381
1911 historical 213 #14,379
1997 modern 221 #16,565
1998 modern 230 #16,607
1999 modern 229 #16,744
2000 modern 225 #16,891
2001 modern 216 #17,103
2002 modern 223 #17,099
2003 modern 213 #17,395
2004 modern 220 #17,129
2005 modern 212 #17,473
2006 modern 208 #17,835
2007 modern 208 #18,013
2008 modern 208 #18,171
2009 modern 212 #18,328
2010 modern 213 #18,660
2011 modern 217 #18,271
2012 modern 195 #19,540
2013 modern 194 #19,932
2014 modern 205 #19,375
2015 modern 192 #20,138
2016 modern 192 #20,118

Geography

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Where Garroods are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Fersfield, London parishes, Tooting Graveney and Chelmsford, Broomfield, Writtle, Widford, Chignal St James, Chignal Smealy. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wandsworth, Rushmoor, Guildford, Barnet and Kirklees. 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 Fersfield Norfolk
2 London parishes London 1
3 Tooting Graveney London (South Districts)
4 London parishes London 3
5 Chelmsford, Broomfield, Writtle, Widford, Chignal St James, Chignal Smealy Essex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wandsworth 002 Wandsworth
2 Rushmoor 010 Rushmoor
3 Guildford 006 Guildford
4 Barnet 010 Barnet
5 Kirklees 059 Kirklees

Forenames

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First names often paired with Garrood

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Garrood

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

Multicultural and Educated Urbanites

Group

Diverse Educated Urban Singles

Nationally, the Garrood surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Diverse Educated Urban Singles, within Multicultural and Educated Urbanites. This does not mean every Garrood 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 includes many never-married individuals not living with dependent children. Many were born in EU countries and are now aged between 25-44. This Group is characterised by its ethnic group diversity, although those identifying as Asian are not well represented. Affiliation with the Christian religion amongst residents is low. Reported disability rates are low. Neighbourhoods include some central locations in London and other major cities. Private renting is the norm, and there is some overcrowding. Many individuals are educated to degree level, and full-time employment is common, particularly in managerial and professional occupations.

Wider pattern

Established populations comprising ethnic minorities together with persons born outside the UK predominate in this Supergroup. Residents present diverse personal characteristics and circumstances: while generally well-educated and practising skilled occupations, some residents live in overcrowded rental sector housing. English may not be the main language used by people in this Group. Although the typical adult resident is middle aged, single person households are common and marriage rates are low by national standards. This Supergroup predominates in Inner London, with smaller enclaves in many other densely populated metropolitan areas.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Garrood is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Garrood is most concentrated in decile 10 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

Garrood falls in decile 10 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 Garrood is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Garrood, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Garrood families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Garrood 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. Norfolk leads with 65 Garroods recorded in 1881 and an index of 23.95x.

County Total Index
Norfolk 65 23.95x
Surrey 33 3.84x
Suffolk 29 13.49x
Middlesex 15 0.85x
Kent 9 1.49x
Northamptonshire 9 5.42x
Essex 7 2.01x
Yorkshire 7 0.40x
Herefordshire 4 5.53x
Durham 2 0.38x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.89x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Eye in Suffolk leads with 15 Garroods recorded in 1881 and an index of 1079.14x.

Place Total Index
Eye 15 1079.14x
Croydon 10 20.94x
Wheatacre All Sts 10 11111.11x
Wickham Skeith 10 3225.81x
Chedgrave 8 3636.36x
Fersfield 8 4705.88x
Lewisham 8 24.91x
Battersea 7 10.78x
Bressingham 7 2258.06x
Winfarthing 7 1944.44x
Kenninghall 6 800.00x
Northampton Priory St 6 60.24x
Tooting Graveney 6 251.05x
Clifton In York 5 136.61x
Guildford St Mary 5 471.70x
Hackney London 5 5.05x
Haddiscoe 5 2083.33x
Banham 4 579.71x
Camberwell 4 3.55x
Chelmsford 4 66.89x
Diss 4 171.67x
Fakenham 4 298.51x
Ipswich St Clement 4 73.13x
Ledbury 4 160.64x
St George In East London 4 24.10x
Ratcliffe London 3 30.77x
Rochford 3 297.03x
Darlington 2 9.86x
Kippax 2 129.87x
Weedon Beck 2 168.07x
Cromer 1 103.09x
Folkestone 1 8.56x
Guildford Holy Trinity 1 60.98x
Harrow 1 37.04x
North Lopham 1 238.10x
Northampton St Sepulchre 1 11.83x
St George Bloomsbury 1 9.87x
St George Hanover Square 1 3.22x
Wisbech St Peter 1 17.83x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 8
Elizabeth 6
Emma 6
Eliza 5
Alice 4
Annie 4
Ann 3
Ellen 3
Sarah 3
Bertha 2
Edith 2
Florence 2
Kate 2
Lucy 2
Marion 2
Betsey 1
Deborah 1
Delilah 1
Elenor 1
Ella 1
Emily 1
Ethel 1
Frances 1
Francis 1
Georgeina 1
Grace 1
Hager 1
Hannah 1
Henrietta 1
Infant 1
Jane 1
Jessa 1
Julie 1
Laura 1
Lenora 1
Lillian 1
Lois 1
Louisa 1
Mabel 1
Margaret 1
Margarett 1
Maria 1
Martha 1
Nellie 1
Olivia 1
Orpah 1
Rebecca 1
Rosa 1
Rose 1
Sara 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 10
Charles 9
George 9
William 8
Henry 6
Robert 6
Walter 5
Arthur 3
Frederick 3
Jesse 3
Alfred 2
Chas. 2
Harry 2
James 2
Charlie 1
Charls 1
Edward 1
Elsie 1
Ernest 1
Frederic 1
Fuller 1
Gilbert 1
Hiller 1
Horace 1
Joseph 1
Matthew 1
Percy 1
Richard 1
Sydney 1
Theodor 1
Thomas 1
Warren 1

FAQ

Garrood surname: questions and answers

How common was the Garrood surname in 1881?

In 1881, 181 people were recorded with the Garrood surname. That placed it at #13,690 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Garrood surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 192 in 2016. That gives Garrood a modern rank of #20,118.

What does the Garrood map show?

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