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Haythornthwaite

In the 1881 census there were 259 people recorded with the Haythornthwaite surname, ranking it #10,808 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 239, ranked #17,322, down from #10,808 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lancaster Borough, Bentham and Melling. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Pendle and South Lakeland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Haythornthwaite is 345 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 7.7%.

1881 census count

259

Ranked #10,808

Modern count

239

2016, ranked #17,322

Peak year

1911

345 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Haythornthwaite had 259 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,808 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 239 in 2016, ranked #17,322.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 345 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Haythornthwaite surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Haythornthwaite surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Haythornthwaite 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 94 #17,837
1861 historical 112 #19,279
1881 historical 259 #10,808
1891 historical 282 #11,597
1901 historical 296 #11,749
1911 historical 345 #10,358
1997 modern 253 #15,152
1998 modern 267 #15,016
1999 modern 269 #15,040
2000 modern 269 #14,983
2001 modern 262 #15,034
2002 modern 268 #15,081
2003 modern 271 #14,787
2004 modern 269 #14,955
2005 modern 267 #14,954
2006 modern 257 #15,448
2007 modern 250 #15,901
2008 modern 237 #16,688
2009 modern 247 #16,549
2010 modern 256 #16,523
2011 modern 266 #15,937
2012 modern 237 #17,132
2013 modern 238 #17,354
2014 modern 237 #17,528
2015 modern 232 #17,689
2016 modern 239 #17,322

Geography

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Where Haythornthwaites are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lancaster Borough, Bentham, Melling, Kirkham and Preston. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Pendle and South Lakeland. 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 Lancaster Borough Lancashire
2 Bentham Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Melling Lancashire
4 Kirkham Lancashire
5 Preston Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Pendle 008 Pendle
2 Pendle 012 Pendle
3 Pendle 009 Pendle
4 South Lakeland 009 South Lakeland
5 Pendle 001 Pendle

Forenames

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First names often paired with Haythornthwaite

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Haythornthwaite

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Haythornthwaite surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Haythornthwaite 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 is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Haythornthwaite 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

Haythornthwaite 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

Haythornthwaite falls in decile 7 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 Haythornthwaite 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 Haythornthwaite, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Haythornthwaite families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Haythornthwaite 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. Lancashire leads with 195 Haythornthwaites recorded in 1881 and an index of 6.56x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 195 6.56x
Yorkshire 43 1.73x
Cumberland 8 3.71x
Essex 6 1.21x
Westmorland 4 7.26x
Staffordshire 1 0.12x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Higham With West Close in Lancashire leads with 18 Haythornthwaites recorded in 1881 and an index of 2812.50x.

Place Total Index
Higham With West Close 18 2812.50x
Preston 14 17.59x
Dilworth 12 659.34x
Great Little Marsden 12 88.04x
Livesey 12 229.89x
Barrowford Booth 11 334.35x
Kirkham 11 279.90x
Quernmore 9 1800.00x
Bolton Abbey 8 6666.67x
Cleator 8 89.09x
Everton 8 8.44x
Bentham 7 370.37x
Caton 7 752.69x
Freckleton 7 714.29x
Lancaster 7 39.55x
Paythorne 7 7777.78x
Roeburndale 7 7000.00x
Slaidburn 7 1627.91x
Warton With Lindeth 7 560.00x
Wavertree 7 73.53x
Witton 7 187.17x
Blackburn 6 7.58x
Reedley Hallows 6 1052.63x
West Ham 6 5.49x
Halton 5 793.65x
Easington In Clitheroe 4 1538.46x
Kirkdale 4 7.99x
Skipton 4 51.15x
Accrington 3 11.09x
Gisburn 3 666.67x
Kirkby Lonsdale 3 201.34x
Ulverston 3 34.64x
Wigglesworth 3 1666.67x
Billington 2 165.29x
Hornby 2 645.16x
Lytham 2 44.05x
Woodplumpton 2 188.68x
Birkdale 1 13.28x
Casterton 1 200.00x
Heaton With Oxcliffe 1 833.33x
Stoke Upon Trent 1 1.11x
Thornley Cum Wheatley 1 333.33x
Toxteth Park 1 0.99x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 22
Elizabeth 11
Ann 9
Ellen 8
Jane 7
Margaret 6
Martha 6
Alice 5
Sarah 5
Annie 4
Emma 4
Agnes 3
Anne 3
Hannah 3
Joyce 3
Catherine 2
Esther 2
Isabella 2
Betty 1
Bridget 1
Catharine 1
Edith 1
Eliz. 1
Fanny 1
Frances 1
Grace 1
Janet 1
Jannett 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Lois 1
Lucilla 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
M.E. 1
Maria 1
Nancy 1
Rebecca 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 21
Thomas 14
William 14
Richard 13
James 12
Joseph 9
Robert 8
George 5
Henry 4
Edward 2
Francis 2
Hanson 2
Peter 2
Stephen 2
Thos. 2
Willm. 2
(Major) 1
Arthur 1
Benjamin 1
Earnest 1
Edwd. 1
Edwin 1
Ephraim 1
Geo. 1
Hartley 1
Herbert 1
Jas 1
Jno. 1
Nathan 1
Phineas 1
Richd. 1
Walter 1
Wilfrid 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Haythornthwaite surname: questions and answers

How common was the Haythornthwaite surname in 1881?

In 1881, 259 people were recorded with the Haythornthwaite surname. That placed it at #10,808 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Haythornthwaite surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 239 in 2016. That gives Haythornthwaite a modern rank of #17,322.

What does the Haythornthwaite map show?

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