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UK surname

Hargreave

In the 1881 census there were 380 people recorded with the Hargreave surname, ranking it #8,249 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 132, ranked #25,882, down from #8,249 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Manchester, Whalley and Blackburn. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Leeds, Basingstoke and Deane and Northumberland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hargreave is 1,311 in 1851. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 65.3%.

1881 census count

380

Ranked #8,249

Modern count

132

2016, ranked #25,882

Peak year

1851

1,311 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Hargreave had 380 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,249 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 132 in 2016, ranked #25,882.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 1,311 in 1851.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Ageing Communities.

Hargreave surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hargreave surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hargreave 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 1,311 #2,186
1861 historical 591 #4,475
1881 historical 380 #8,249
1891 historical 448 #8,099
1901 historical 286 #12,029
1911 historical 316 #11,031
1997 modern 141 #21,941
1998 modern 153 #21,387
1999 modern 146 #22,202
2000 modern 149 #21,874
2001 modern 142 #22,234
2002 modern 146 #22,302
2003 modern 146 #22,069
2004 modern 145 #22,289
2005 modern 143 #22,473
2006 modern 134 #23,590
2007 modern 130 #24,389
2008 modern 125 #25,249
2009 modern 134 #24,711
2010 modern 131 #25,656
2011 modern 130 #25,547
2012 modern 127 #25,992
2013 modern 130 #26,074
2014 modern 131 #26,089
2015 modern 133 #25,729
2016 modern 132 #25,882

Geography

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Where Hargreaves are most common

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

The modern local-area list points to Leeds, Basingstoke and Deane and Northumberland. 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 Manchester Lancashire
2 Whalley Lancashire
3 Blackburn Lancashire
4 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Leeds 104 Leeds
2 Basingstoke and Deane 022 Basingstoke and Deane
3 Leeds 069 Leeds
4 Northumberland 039 Northumberland
5 Leeds 029 Leeds

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hargreave

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hargreave

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

Ageing Communities

Nationally, the Hargreave surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Ageing Communities, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Hargreave 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 residents are of normal retirement age or above and live in communal establishments, and there are few dependent children. The dominant property type is a mix of retirement flats and detached houses. Those in work are likely to be employed in managerial and professional occupations, and many residents are educated to degree level. Levels of owner occupation are high, but the private rental sector is also present. Rural locations predominate.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Hargreave 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

Hargreave 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

Hargreave falls in decile 5 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.

5
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Hargreave families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hargreave 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 195 Hargreaves recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.29x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 195 5.29x
Lancashire 90 2.04x
Warwickshire 17 1.81x
Cheshire 13 1.58x
Durham 12 1.09x
Lincolnshire 10 1.68x
Middlesex 9 0.24x
Essex 6 0.82x
Staffordshire 5 0.40x
Suffolk 5 1.10x
Surrey 5 0.28x
Devon 4 0.52x
Derbyshire 2 0.34x
Argyllshire 1 0.97x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.42x
Dorset 1 0.41x
Hampshire 1 0.13x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.20x
Sussex 1 0.16x
Wigtownshire 1 2.03x
Wiltshire 1 0.30x

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 29 Hargreaves recorded in 1881 and an index of 13.95x.

Place Total Index
Leeds 29 13.95x
Bramley In Bramley 20 141.84x
Habergham Eaves 17 42.17x
Yeadon 13 156.25x
Armley 12 73.89x
Manchester 12 6.05x
Wincham 11 728.48x
Saddleworth 10 35.20x
Bolton On Dearne 9 708.66x
Horsforth 9 111.52x
Westoe 9 14.36x
Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe 8 46.76x
Atherstone 7 146.14x
Barmbrough 7 518.52x
Burnley 7 18.85x
Holbeck 7 28.69x
Barnsley 6 15.79x
Grantham 6 77.42x
Halifax 6 11.10x
Hulme 6 6.52x
Sheffield 6 5.12x
Spotland 6 12.24x
Ardwick 5 12.57x
Edgbaston 5 17.21x
Kirkley 5 131.93x
Layton With Warbreck 5 30.90x
Sculcoates 5 8.56x
Wakefield 5 17.69x
Ashton Under Lyne 4 4.15x
Bowling 4 10.96x
Ince In Makerfield 4 19.49x
Liverpool 4 1.49x
Mexborough 4 54.72x
Middle Rasen 4 353.98x
Poulton Le Fylde 4 256.41x
Sutton Coldfield 4 40.61x
Tormoham 4 12.22x
Walthamstow 4 15.15x
Horton In Bradford 3 5.22x
Islington London 3 0.83x
Morley 3 15.67x
Preston 3 2.54x
Roundhay 3 291.26x
Walsall Foreign 3 4.63x
Wombwell 3 27.93x
York Holy Trinity 3 94.34x
Alverthorpe Cum Thornes 2 14.96x
Birkenhead 2 3.06x
Bishop Auckland 2 13.49x
Brightside Bierlow 2 2.77x
Castleton 2 4.54x
Chelsea London 2 1.79x
Clowne 2 86.58x
Doncaster 2 7.43x
Felstead 2 79.68x
Fulham London 2 3.71x
Kimberworth 2 9.78x
Knottingley 2 30.91x
North Meols 2 4.63x
Putney 2 11.81x
Tooting Graveney 2 39.68x
West Derby 2 1.55x
Ardsley 1 23.58x
Beverley St Mary 1 18.59x
Birmingham 1 0.32x
Brighton 1 0.79x
Denby 1 50.25x
Dunoon Kilmun 1 12.39x
Ebbesborne Wake 1 294.12x
Haslingden 1 5.48x
Himley 1 227.27x
Hunslet 1 1.74x
Inch 1 20.79x
Lambeth 1 0.31x
Nether Hallam 1 2.01x
Newark Upon Trent 1 5.55x
St Martin In Fields 1 4.49x
St Marylebone London 1 0.50x
Stranton 1 2.69x
Wortley In Bramley 1 3.43x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Elizabeth 22
Mary 22
Jane 11
Sarah 11
Annie 10
Emma 8
Martha 8
Eliza 7
Ann 6
Ellen 5
Emily 4
Hannah 4
Clara 3
Florence 3
Louisa 3
Maria 3
Susannah 3
Agnes 2
Alice 2
Betsy 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Lucy 2
Margaret 2
Marion 2
Ruth 2
Annabella 1
Bethsheba 1
Caroline 1
Christian 1
Eleanor 1
Elisabeth 1
Eliz 1
Elizabath 1
Elizth. 1
Ellin 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Evanglina 1
Georgina 1
Harriet 1
Honor 1
Isabell 1
Isabella 1
Jemima 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Margret 1
Margt. 1
Violet 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 29
William 16
James 15
Joseph 13
George 12
Thomas 11
Henry 6
David 5
Frederick 5
Alfred 4
Arthur 3
Harry 3
Joshua 3
Peter 3
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Thos. 3
Edward 2
Geo. 2
Isaac 2
Luke 2
Marsden 2
Moses 2
Robert 2
Stephen 2
Walter 2
Wm. 2
Benjamin 1
Bertram 1
Charles 1
Edwin 1
F. 1
Francis 1
Frank 1
Hartley 1
Herbert 1
Ingham 1
Jas. 1
Jessap 1
Joe 1
Jonathan 1
Laurance 1
Lawrence 1
Major 1
Ralph 1
Sam. 1
Saml. 1
Sidney 1
Spencer 1
Wm.R. 1

FAQ

Hargreave surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hargreave surname in 1881?

In 1881, 380 people were recorded with the Hargreave surname. That placed it at #8,249 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hargreave surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 132 in 2016. That gives Hargreave a modern rank of #25,882.

What does the Hargreave map show?

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