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UK surname

Hadden

From an English place name meaning "heather-covered valley," or from a Scottish nickname for a hoarder.

In the 1881 census there were 1,333 people recorded with the Hadden surname, ranking it #3,079 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 1,824, ranked #3,477, down from #3,079 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes and Edinburgh. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Gallowgate North and Bellgrove, Arbroath Harbour and Turriff.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hadden is 1,844 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 36.8%.

1881 census count

1,333

Ranked #3,079

Modern count

1,824

2016, ranked #3,477

Peak year

1999

1,844 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Hadden had 1,333 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #3,079 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 1,824 in 2016, ranked #3,477.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 1,700 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established but Challenged.

Hadden surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hadden surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hadden 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 788 #3,385
1861 historical 1,002 #2,783
1881 historical 1,333 #3,079
1891 historical 1,481 #2,971
1901 historical 1,700 #3,037
1911 historical 1,023 #4,464
1997 modern 1,731 #3,442
1998 modern 1,828 #3,410
1999 modern 1,844 #3,403
2000 modern 1,840 #3,395
2001 modern 1,768 #3,441
2002 modern 1,829 #3,410
2003 modern 1,756 #3,472
2004 modern 1,783 #3,426
2005 modern 1,747 #3,458
2006 modern 1,714 #3,518
2007 modern 1,715 #3,549
2008 modern 1,721 #3,561
2009 modern 1,771 #3,552
2010 modern 1,809 #3,547
2011 modern 1,789 #3,549
2012 modern 1,763 #3,532
2013 modern 1,791 #3,545
2014 modern 1,816 #3,525
2015 modern 1,820 #3,494
2016 modern 1,824 #3,477

Geography

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Where Haddens are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes, Edinburgh and Gladsmuir. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Gallowgate North and Bellgrove, Arbroath Harbour, Turriff, Montrose South and Dover. 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 London parishes London 1
3 London parishes London 3
4 Edinburgh Edinburgh
5 Gladsmuir Haddington

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Gallowgate North and Bellgrove Glasgow City
2 Arbroath Harbour Angus
3 Turriff Aberdeenshire
4 Montrose South Angus
5 Dover 011 Dover

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hadden

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hadden

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

Established but Challenged

Nationally, the Hadden surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established but Challenged, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Hadden household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Many households in these neighbourhoods comprise separated or divorced single parents with dependent children. Residents are typically born in the UK, and these neighbourhoods have relatively few members of ethnic minorities. The prevalence of children, their parents and those at or above normal retirement age, suggests neighbourhood structures may be long-established. Levels of unpaid care are high, and long-term disability is more common than in the Supergroup as a whole. Use of the social rented sector is common, often in terraced houses. Levels of overcrowding are above the Supergroup average. Unemployment is high, while those in work are employed in elementary occupations such as caring, leisure and customer services. Many residents have low level qualifications. Neighbourhood concentrations of this Group are found in the South Wales Valleys, Belfast, Londonderry and the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

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, Hadden 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

Hadden is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

Hadden falls in decile 4 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 Hadden 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 - British

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

Meaning and origin of Hadden

The surname Hadden is of English origin, deriving from the Old English personal name Hada, which itself is a shortened form of various longer names beginning with the element "hād" meaning "person, degree, or rank." The name can be traced back to the 11th century in areas such as Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Hadden is believed to have evolved from the Old English place name Haddenhām, meaning "homestead or village of Hada's people." This place name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Haddenha and Haddreham, indicating the early presence of the name in England.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Hadden is found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire from 1166, where a William de Hadden is mentioned. In the 13th century, a Roger de Hadden is documented in the Assize Rolls of Lancashire from 1285.

The surname Hadden has also been associated with various place names throughout history, such as Haddenham in Buckinghamshire and Haddenham in Cambridgeshire. These place names likely contributed to the surname's development and spread across different regions.

Notable individuals with the surname Hadden include Sir George Hadden (1589-1672), an English politician and landowner who served as the Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire in the 17th century. Another significant figure is Sir John Hadden (1670-1744), an English lawyer and judge who served as the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in the early 18th century.

In the United States, one of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Hadden was John Hadden, who arrived in Virginia in 1635. Later, in the 18th century, William Hadden (1748-1826) was a notable American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts legislature and as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention.

Another notable American with the surname Hadden was Robert M. Hadden (1838-1903), a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Jonesborough in Georgia in 1864.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Hadden families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hadden 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. Aberdeenshire leads with 244 Haddens recorded in 1881 and an index of 20.31x.

County Total Index
Aberdeenshire 244 20.31x
Middlesex 138 1.06x
Midlothian 102 5.87x
Warwickshire 78 2.38x
Kincardineshire 68 43.04x
Lancashire 68 0.44x
Lanarkshire 58 1.38x
Surrey 53 0.84x
Kent 44 0.99x
East Lothian 43 25.02x
Angus 36 3.00x
Banffshire 31 11.52x
Durham 25 0.65x
Gloucestershire 21 0.83x
Leicestershire 21 1.46x
Nottinghamshire 21 1.20x
Sussex 21 0.96x
Worcestershire 21 1.24x
Lincolnshire 20 0.96x
Staffordshire 18 0.41x
Yorkshire 16 0.12x
Dumfriesshire 15 5.23x
Cumberland 14 1.25x
Hampshire 14 0.53x
Cheshire 13 0.45x
Monmouthshire 13 1.39x
Stirlingshire 13 2.72x
Norfolk 11 0.55x
Northumberland 11 0.57x
Orkney 8 5.61x
Devon 7 0.26x
Northamptonshire 7 0.57x
Oxfordshire 7 0.87x
Perthshire 7 1.20x
Renfrewshire 6 0.60x
Ayrshire 4 0.41x
Dorset 4 0.47x
Dunbartonshire 4 1.15x
Hertfordshire 4 0.45x
Bedfordshire 3 0.45x
Buckinghamshire 3 0.38x
Berkshire 2 0.21x
Royal Navy 2 1.29x
Somerset 2 0.10x
Buteshire 1 1.27x
Cardiganshire 1 0.32x
Essex 1 0.04x
Fife 1 0.13x
Inverness-shire 1 0.26x
Isle of Man 1 0.42x
Roxburghshire 1 0.43x
Suffolk 1 0.06x
Wiltshire 1 0.09x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Aberdeen Old Machar in Aberdeenshire leads with 52 Haddens recorded in 1881 and an index of 20.73x.

Place Total Index
Aberdeen Old Machar 52 20.73x
Aberdeen St Nicholas 44 19.57x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 34 4.86x
Birmingham 24 2.20x
Camberwell 23 2.78x
Bromley London 20 7.01x
Barony 19 1.79x
Arbuthnott 18 500.00x
Dalkeith 18 52.49x
Leamington Priors 18 22.36x
Mile End Old Town London 17 6.16x
Stoke Upon Trent 17 3.66x
Tyrie 17 112.73x
Bedworth 16 67.03x
Gladsmuir 16 208.88x
Strichen 16 153.26x
Dunnottar 15 134.89x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 14 5.84x
Govan 13 1.25x
King Edward 13 93.86x
Lasswade 13 32.71x
Manthorpe Cum Little 13 81.97x
St Woollos 13 12.42x
Ashton Under Lyne 12 3.57x
Cruden 12 77.57x
Falkirk 12 10.71x
Foleshill 11 31.96x
Fraserburgh 11 32.53x
Haddington 11 43.36x
Hastings All Sts 11 53.37x
Manchester 11 1.59x
St Luke London 11 5.29x
St Marylebone London 11 1.59x
Borthwick 10 128.70x
Hammersmith London 10 3.13x
Insch 10 146.41x
Montrose 10 13.73x
South Leith 10 5.11x
Banchory Ternan 9 65.89x
Bromley 9 13.34x
Clerkenwell London 9 2.94x
Echt 9 155.44x
Glasgow 9 1.21x
Liverpool 9 0.96x
Moffat 9 68.81x
Pitsligo 9 78.40x
Stockton On Tees 9 4.84x
Widley 9 189.47x
Birkenhead 8 3.50x
Dudley 8 3.88x
Edinburgh Canongate 8 18.09x
Everton 8 1.63x
Fetteresso 8 32.31x
Fyvie 8 40.80x
Glenbervie 8 184.76x
Keith 8 27.88x
Kirkwall St Ola 8 37.42x
Radford 8 9.01x
Rathven 8 15.83x
Gamrie 7 23.30x
Islington London 7 0.56x
Lambeth 7 0.62x
Longbenton 7 8.56x
Mayfield 7 54.10x
Old Monkland 7 4.20x
Paddington London 7 1.47x
Aston 6 0.67x
Chilham 6 95.24x
Ennerdale Kinniside 6 458.02x
Greenwich 6 2.91x
Lecropt 6 219.78x
Leicester St Margaret 6 1.71x
Lonmay 6 55.00x
New Monkland 6 4.84x
Poplar London 6 2.45x
Shoreditch London 6 1.07x
Spott 6 233.46x
St Pancras London 6 0.57x
St Vigeans 6 9.25x
Toxteth Park 6 1.15x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 41
John 38
George 25
Thomas 24
James 21
Henry 20
Charles 15
Arthur 11
Richard 10
Robert 10
Edward 8
Joseph 6
Samuel 6
Edwin 5
Frederick 5
Walter 5
Alfred 4
Albert 3
Alexander 3
Tom 3
Alex 2
Chas. 2
Elijah 2
Francis 2
Geo. 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Horace 2
Oliver 2
Sidney 2
Anthony 1
Bertram 1
Charley 1
Christopher 1
Claude 1
Eli 1
Ernest 1
Frank 1
Fredk. 1
Jos. 1
Julius 1
Laurence 1
Leanas 1
Lenoard 1
Lenois 1
Lovell 1
Michael 1
Micheal 1
Micky 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Hadden surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hadden surname in 1881?

In 1881, 1,333 people were recorded with the Hadden surname. That placed it at #3,079 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hadden surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 1,824 in 2016. That gives Hadden a modern rank of #3,477.

What does the Hadden surname mean?

From an English place name meaning "heather-covered valley," or from a Scottish nickname for a hoarder.

What does the Hadden map show?

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