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UK surname

Hainsworth

An English locational surname derived from the place name Hainsworth, meaning "hayn's worth" or "enclosed homestead".

In the 1881 census there were 1,904 people recorded with the Hainsworth surname, ranking it #2,289 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 1,401, ranked #4,345, down from #2,289 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Calverley, Bradford and Leeds. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kirklees, Bradford and Leeds.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hainsworth is 2,204 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 26.4%.

1881 census count

1,904

Ranked #2,289

Modern count

1,401

2016, ranked #4,345

Peak year

1911

2,204 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Hainsworth had 1,904 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #2,289 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 1,401 in 2016, ranked #4,345.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 2,204 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Hainsworth surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hainsworth surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hainsworth 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 1,391 #2,060
1861 historical 1,397 #2,051
1881 historical 1,904 #2,289
1891 historical 1,870 #2,466
1901 historical 2,171 #2,481
1911 historical 2,204 #2,285
1997 modern 1,551 #3,803
1998 modern 1,581 #3,875
1999 modern 1,589 #3,895
2000 modern 1,559 #3,937
2001 modern 1,534 #3,914
2002 modern 1,529 #4,003
2003 modern 1,480 #4,044
2004 modern 1,497 #4,005
2005 modern 1,471 #4,023
2006 modern 1,440 #4,105
2007 modern 1,460 #4,094
2008 modern 1,457 #4,118
2009 modern 1,485 #4,149
2010 modern 1,530 #4,133
2011 modern 1,524 #4,099
2012 modern 1,465 #4,161
2013 modern 1,476 #4,205
2014 modern 1,468 #4,242
2015 modern 1,422 #4,304
2016 modern 1,401 #4,345

Geography

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Where Hainsworths are most common

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

The modern local-area list points to Kirklees, Bradford and Leeds. 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 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kirklees 001 Kirklees
2 Bradford 022 Bradford
3 Leeds 091 Leeds
4 Bradford 057 Bradford
5 Bradford 018 Bradford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hainsworth

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hainsworth

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

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Hainsworth surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Hainsworth household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Hainsworth 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

Hainsworth 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

Hainsworth 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 Hainsworth 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 Hainsworth, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Hainsworth

The surname Hainsworth is of English origin, derived from the Old English words "haegg" meaning hedge and "worth" meaning an enclosed homestead or farm. It was initially a locational surname given to someone who lived near a hedged enclosure or a small village surrounded by hedges.

The Hainsworth name can be traced back to the 13th century in the historic county of Yorkshire, England, particularly in the West Riding region around the areas of Keighley and Bradford. Early records show variations in spelling such as Haynsworth, Hainesworth, and Haynesworth.

One of the earliest known references to the name is found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Returns of 1379, which lists a John de Hainsworth as a resident of Keighley. The Hainsworth surname also appears in the 16th-century Subsidy Rolls for Yorkshire, indicating the presence of the family in the region during that time.

The Domesday Book, a great survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086, does not explicitly mention the Hainsworth name. However, it records several places in Yorkshire that could have contributed to the formation of the surname, such as Hagenworth and Hainworth.

One of the earliest known individuals with the Hainsworth surname was Richard Hainsworth, born around 1540 in Yorkshire. He was a prominent landowner and served as a Justice of the Peace in the county.

Another notable figure was John Hainsworth (1630-1698), an English Puritan minister and author who served as the rector of St. Margaret's Church in Ipswich, Suffolk.

In the 18th century, the Hainsworth family established themselves as successful wool merchants and textile manufacturers in the West Riding of Yorkshire, contributing to the region's thriving textile industry. Benjamin Hainsworth (1767-1841) was a prominent figure in this field.

Moving into the 19th century, Lewis Hainsworth (1832-1908) was a British industrialist and pioneer in the production of ready-made clothing. He established the Hainsworth Clothing Company in Leeds, which became one of the largest clothing manufacturers in the world.

Another individual of note was Ralph Hainsworth (1865-1944), a British trade unionist and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for the Labour Party in the early 20th century.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Hainsworth families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hainsworth 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 1,714 Hainsworths recorded in 1881 and an index of 9.31x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 1,714 9.31x
Lancashire 41 0.19x
Essex 25 0.68x
Surrey 21 0.23x
Middlesex 19 0.10x
Lincolnshire 17 0.57x
Leicestershire 13 0.63x
Worcestershire 10 0.41x
Kent 9 0.14x
Nottinghamshire 7 0.28x
Warwickshire 7 0.15x
Cheshire 6 0.15x
Norfolk 3 0.11x
Staffordshire 3 0.05x
Durham 2 0.04x
Hampshire 2 0.05x
Derbyshire 1 0.03x
Glamorgan 1 0.03x
Hertfordshire 1 0.08x
Northumberland 1 0.04x
Wiltshire 1 0.06x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Leeds in Yorkshire leads with 148 Hainsworths recorded in 1881 and an index of 14.24x.

Place Total Index
Leeds 148 14.24x
Calverley Cum Farsley 132 252.58x
Pudsey 131 133.16x
Horton In Bradford 81 28.18x
Shipley 75 78.53x
Manningham 72 31.75x
Bradford 70 15.71x
Thornton In Bradford 69 112.62x
Wortley In Bramley 63 43.22x
North Bierley 49 49.31x
Bramley In Bramley 47 66.70x
Bowling 46 25.23x
Batley 44 25.16x
Holbeck 41 33.63x
Idle 40 46.87x
Northowram 40 31.00x
Dewsbury 35 18.54x
Halifax 30 11.10x
Clayton 29 64.39x
Ossett Cum Gawthorpe 26 39.55x
Morley 21 21.95x
Armley 20 24.64x
Hunslet 19 6.62x
Baildon 18 51.93x
Hartwith Cum Winsley 18 266.67x
Tong 18 50.63x
Burley In Wharfdale 17 104.62x
Soothill 13 19.55x
Yeadon 13 31.28x
Bingley 12 10.24x
Cleckheaton 12 17.70x
Eccleshill 12 26.79x
Headingley Cum Burley 12 10.13x
Shelf 11 62.57x
Skircoat 11 15.16x
Wilsden 11 58.20x
Claines 10 15.02x
Horsforth 10 24.78x
Leicester St Margaret 10 1.99x
Rayleigh 10 118.48x
Southowram 10 17.80x
Adel Cum Eccup 9 118.42x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 9 14.30x
Rothwell 9 24.21x
Allerton 8 34.10x
Bolton In Bradford 8 67.80x
Carnforth 8 66.06x
Greenwich 8 2.71x
Huddersfield 8 2.98x
Keighley 8 4.08x
Ovenden 8 9.77x
Birmingham 7 0.45x
Ecclesall Bierlow 7 1.87x
Hampsthwaite 7 240.55x
Lambeth 7 0.43x
Nottingham St Mary 7 1.08x
Otley 7 15.66x
Rotherham 7 6.75x
South Shoebury 7 47.55x
Sutton St Mary 7 24.93x
Battersea 6 0.88x
Farnley In Bramley 6 26.11x
Kensington London 6 0.58x
Ormesby 6 12.13x
Rufforth 6 344.83x
Southwark St John 6 10.56x
Broughton In Salford 5 2.48x
Colne 5 7.62x
Deeping St James 5 47.62x
Hammersmith London 5 1.09x
Ilkley 5 16.62x
Tottington Lower End 5 4.77x
Bishop Thornton 4 131.15x
Heeley 4 7.15x
High Low Bishopside 4 24.49x
Knaresborough 4 13.84x
Knutsford Nether 4 16.14x
Parlington 4 289.86x
Scarborough 4 2.39x
Wyke In Bradford 4 12.15x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 132
Sarah 99
Elizabeth 55
Hannah 48
Annie 39
Ann 36
Emma 35
Martha 34
Alice 33
Emily 31
Jane 27
Clara 19
Ellen 16
Ruth 15
Harriet 14
Frances 12
Maria 12
Eliza 11
Margaret 11
Edith 9
Florence 9
Grace 9
Amelia 8
Anne 8
Susannah 8
Elizth. 7
Harriett 7
Selina 7
Charlotte 6
Fanny 6
Julia 6
Lydia 6
Rachel 6
Ada 5
Esther 5
Rebecca 5
Rose 5
Beatrice 4
Isabella 4
Lucy 4
Maud 4
Nancy 4
Agnes 3
Betty 3
Catherine 3
Eleanor 3
Henrietta 3
Lily 3
Louisa 3
Rhoda 3

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 113
Joseph 76
James 66
William 66
Thomas 45
George 32
Charles 24
Arthur 22
Benjamin 22
Fred 22
Albert 21
Harry 19
David 16
Edward 15
Samuel 15
Walter 15
Alfred 14
Joshua 13
Wm. 12
Edwin 10
Henry 10
Abraham 9
Herbert 9
Isaac 9
Robert 8
Ernest 7
Jonas 7
Sam 6
Frank 5
Frederick 5
Joe 5
Jonathan 5
Wright 5
Daniel 4
Hiram 4
Job 4
Matthew 4
Benjn. 3
Eli 3
Francis 3
Fredrick 3
Geo. 3
Harold 3
Richard 3
Robinson 3
Saml. 3
Timothy 3
Tom 3
Wilfred 3
Willie 3

FAQ

Hainsworth surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hainsworth surname in 1881?

In 1881, 1,904 people were recorded with the Hainsworth surname. That placed it at #2,289 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hainsworth surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 1,401 in 2016. That gives Hainsworth a modern rank of #4,345.

What does the Hainsworth surname mean?

An English locational surname derived from the place name Hainsworth, meaning "hayn's worth" or "enclosed homestead".

What does the Hainsworth map show?

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