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UK surname

Goldsbrough

In the 1881 census there were 391 people recorded with the Goldsbrough surname, ranking it #8,090 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 551, ranked #9,266, down from #8,090 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Calverley, Darlington and Bradford. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees and Barnsley.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Goldsbrough is 702 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 40.9%.

1881 census count

391

Ranked #8,090

Modern count

551

2016, ranked #9,266

Peak year

1911

702 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Goldsbrough had 391 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,090 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 551 in 2016, ranked #9,266.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 702 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Goldsbrough surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Goldsbrough surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Goldsbrough 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 210 #10,030
1861 historical 305 #8,321
1881 historical 391 #8,090
1891 historical 401 #8,860
1901 historical 517 #7,852
1911 historical 702 #6,071
1997 modern 562 #8,527
1998 modern 573 #8,643
1999 modern 561 #8,842
2000 modern 549 #8,956
2001 modern 566 #8,619
2002 modern 577 #8,664
2003 modern 554 #8,788
2004 modern 551 #8,845
2005 modern 539 #8,924
2006 modern 561 #8,698
2007 modern 549 #8,916
2008 modern 540 #9,091
2009 modern 562 #9,013
2010 modern 569 #9,124
2011 modern 557 #9,170
2012 modern 556 #9,092
2013 modern 561 #9,177
2014 modern 561 #9,242
2015 modern 559 #9,180
2016 modern 551 #9,266

Geography

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Where Goldsbroughs are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Calverley, Darlington, Bradford, Middlesborough and Hurworth. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Redcar and Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees, Barnsley and Harrogate. 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 Calverley Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Darlington Durham
3 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Middlesborough Durham
5 Hurworth Durham

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Redcar and Cleveland 002 Redcar and Cleveland
2 Stockton-on-Tees 009 Stockton-on-Tees
3 Barnsley 025 Barnsley
4 Redcar and Cleveland 001 Redcar and Cleveland
5 Harrogate 006 Harrogate

Forenames

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First names often paired with Goldsbrough

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Goldsbrough

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Goldsbrough surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Goldsbrough 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 neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Goldsbrough 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

Goldsbrough is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Goldsbrough falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

1
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Goldsbrough is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 70 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 Goldsbrough, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Goldsbrough families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Goldsbrough 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. Yorkshire leads with 234 Goldsbroughs recorded in 1881 and an index of 6.24x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 234 6.24x
Durham 120 10.66x
Northumberland 9 1.60x
Lancashire 7 0.16x
Middlesex 7 0.18x
Dorset 3 1.21x
Wiltshire 3 0.90x
Sussex 2 0.31x
Kent 1 0.08x
Midlothian 1 0.20x
Surrey 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Hurworth in Durham leads with 25 Goldsbroughs recorded in 1881 and an index of 1269.04x.

Place Total Index
Hurworth 25 1269.04x
Idle 23 132.26x
Horton In Bradford 18 30.73x
Stockton On Tees 16 29.48x
Darlington 14 32.21x
Shildon 14 154.70x
Middlesbrough 12 24.57x
Rotherham 12 56.76x
Hutton Rudby 11 982.14x
Mirfield 11 53.42x
Baildon 10 141.64x
Bradford 10 11.01x
Allerton 9 188.28x
Dalton In Huddersfield 9 107.14x
Stokesley 9 384.62x
Linthorpe 8 35.75x
Wath On Dearne 8 106.95x
Barningham 7 2058.82x
Bedale 7 510.95x
Bishopwearmouth 7 7.24x
West Auckland 7 169.90x
Coundon Grange 6 242.92x
Eccleshill 6 65.72x
Elswick 6 13.35x
Houghton Le Spring 6 77.12x
Lofthouse 6 107.14x
Thornton In Bradford 6 48.08x
Bingley 5 20.94x
Wilsden 5 129.87x
York St Giles In 5 141.24x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 4 11.45x
Brafferton Barmpton 4 1111.11x
Gomersal 4 22.86x
Great Aycliffe 4 366.97x
Over Dinsdale 4 3076.92x
Redworth 4 555.56x
Shipley 4 20.56x
St George Bloomsbury 4 18.42x
Broughton In Salford 3 7.31x
Cleckheaton 3 21.71x
Dewsbury 3 7.80x
Mere 3 78.95x
Nether Hallam 3 5.91x
Pendleton In Salford 3 5.61x
St Gilesin Fields London 3 93.75x
Benwell 2 32.52x
Bramley In Bramley 2 13.93x
Brompton In 2 119.05x
Broughton In Stokesley 2 273.97x
East Thickley 2 87.72x
Heworth 2 9.01x
Horsham 2 16.13x
South Cowton 2 1428.57x
St Giles 2 28.45x
Clapham 1 2.11x
Easington 1 61.35x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 1 0.49x
Gateshead 1 1.19x
Gillingham 1 23.42x
Gorton 1 2.37x
Great Langton 1 588.24x
Hedworth Monkton Jarrow 1 2.05x
Lewisham 1 1.45x
Long Newton 1 263.16x
Market Weighton Arras 1 40.98x
North Shields 1 8.90x
Preston On Tees 1 476.19x
Rawdon 1 22.62x
Richmond 1 17.06x
Shaftesbury St Peter 1 86.21x
Silton 1 312.50x
Stranton 1 2.64x
Tudhoe 1 10.15x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 29
Sarah 19
Elizabeth 16
Ann 10
Jane 8
Margaret 8
Eliza 7
Emma 7
Martha 7
Annie 6
Emily 6
Hannah 6
Ada 3
Caroline 3
Florence 3
Rebecca 3
Alice 2
Bertha 2
Edith 2
Eleanor 2
Ellen 2
Esther 2
Frances 2
Maria 2
Rhoda 2
Ruth 2
Betty 1
Charlotte 1
Clara 1
Dinah 1
Fanny 1
Georgina 1
Harriet 1
Harriett 1
Harriot 1
Henrietta 1
Isabella 1
Kate 1
Lillian 1
Louisa 1
Margarett 1
Marria 1
Marrilla 1
Matilda 1
May 1
Milanda 1
Minnie 1
Phillis 1
Rachel 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 31
George 18
William 17
Robert 13
Joseph 9
Arthur 7
Thomas 7
Charles 6
Henry 5
James 5
Harry 4
Joshua 4
Walter 4
Abraham 3
Alfred 3
Edward 3
Edwin 3
Richard 3
Francis 2
Fred 2
Frederick 2
Herbert 2
Jonathan 2
Lewis 2
Ralph 2
Richd. 2
Thos. 2
Willie 2
Bartle 1
Chas. 1
Ernest 1
Ezra 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Gorman 1
Infant 1
Ira 1
Jabez 1
Jeffrey 1
Jeremiah 1
Josiah 1
Lawrence 1
Leonard 1
Matthew 1
Nicholas 1
Rd. 1
Robt. 1
Samuel 1
Seth 1
Thackeray 1

FAQ

Goldsbrough surname: questions and answers

How common was the Goldsbrough surname in 1881?

In 1881, 391 people were recorded with the Goldsbrough surname. That placed it at #8,090 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Goldsbrough surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 551 in 2016. That gives Goldsbrough a modern rank of #9,266.

What does the Goldsbrough map show?

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