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UK surname

Holbrow

In the 1881 census there were 224 people recorded with the Holbrow surname, ranking it #11,970 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 211, ranked #18,904, down from #11,970 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes and Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Coventry, Sunderland and Northumberland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Holbrow is 309 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 5.8%.

1881 census count

224

Ranked #11,970

Modern count

211

2016, ranked #18,904

Peak year

1911

309 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Holbrow had 224 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,970 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 211 in 2016, ranked #18,904.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 309 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Holbrow surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Holbrow surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Holbrow 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 147 #13,084
1861 historical 167 #13,956
1881 historical 224 #11,970
1891 historical 242 #13,048
1901 historical 254 #13,005
1911 historical 309 #11,203
1997 modern 245 #15,483
1998 modern 244 #15,947
1999 modern 250 #15,802
2000 modern 241 #16,146
2001 modern 240 #15,912
2002 modern 241 #16,243
2003 modern 240 #16,061
2004 modern 241 #16,086
2005 modern 229 #16,631
2006 modern 230 #16,690
2007 modern 236 #16,617
2008 modern 230 #17,033
2009 modern 232 #17,293
2010 modern 231 #17,711
2011 modern 234 #17,383
2012 modern 223 #17,852
2013 modern 215 #18,598
2014 modern 217 #18,645
2015 modern 217 #18,542
2016 modern 211 #18,904

Geography

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Where Holbrows are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes, Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a, Minchinhampton and Weston. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Coventry, Sunderland, Northumberland, Malvern Hills and Babergh. 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 3
3 Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a Essex
4 Minchinhampton Gloucestershire
5 Weston Somerset

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Coventry 032 Coventry
2 Sunderland 020 Sunderland
3 Northumberland 019 Northumberland
4 Malvern Hills 003 Malvern Hills
5 Babergh 004 Babergh

Forenames

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First names often paired with Holbrow

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Holbrow

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

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Holbrow surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Holbrow 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 comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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, Holbrow 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

Holbrow is most concentrated in decile 4 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

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

1881 census detail

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Holbrow families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Holbrow 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. Gloucestershire leads with 83 Holbrows recorded in 1881 and an index of 19.54x.

County Total Index
Gloucestershire 83 19.54x
Middlesex 32 1.48x
Wiltshire 31 16.19x
Surrey 17 1.61x
Suffolk 16 6.07x
Somerset 15 4.30x
Brecknockshire 5 11.55x
Staffordshire 5 0.68x
Hampshire 4 0.90x
Essex 3 0.70x
Lancashire 3 0.12x
Buckinghamshire 1 0.76x
Derbyshire 1 0.30x
Dorset 1 0.70x
Glamorgan 1 0.27x
Herefordshire 1 1.13x
Hertfordshire 1 0.67x
Kent 1 0.14x
Yorkshire 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. Rodborough in Gloucestershire leads with 13 Holbrows recorded in 1881 and an index of 634.15x.

Place Total Index
Rodborough 13 634.15x
Stonehouse 11 456.43x
Avening 10 666.67x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 9 22.51x
Hullavington 9 1956.52x
Swindon 9 60.61x
Wandsworth 8 38.39x
Hammersmith London 7 13.12x
Walcot 7 37.72x
Hornsey 6 21.91x
Lambeth 6 3.18x
Mile End Old Town London 6 13.02x
Brantham 5 1666.67x
Great Barrington 5 1470.59x
Hadleigh 5 195.31x
Horsley 5 265.96x
Sandhurst 5 1470.59x
West Bromwich 5 11.95x
Bradford On Avon 4 65.25x
Fulham London 4 12.74x
Layham 4 1000.00x
Marshfield 4 353.98x
St Pancras London 4 2.30x
Weston 4 149.25x
Bowood 3 4285.71x
Bristol St Mary Redcliff 3 77.52x
Camberwell 3 2.17x
Clifton 3 13.97x
Hill 3 2000.00x
Hound 3 99.67x
St George Hanover Square 3 7.86x
Stroud 3 36.32x
Tregoyd Velindre 3 1250.00x
Calne 2 50.76x
Leonard Stanley 2 357.14x
Llangattock 2 56.66x
Stapleton 2 24.81x
Wardleworth 2 13.62x
Bath St James 1 27.47x
Bathwick 1 25.91x
Bedminster 1 3.05x
Berkeley Alkington 1 312.50x
Berkeley Hamfallow 1 129.87x
Bibury 1 196.08x
Brokenborough 1 370.37x
Buckingham 1 37.59x
Cardiff St Mary 1 4.81x
Cattal 1 769.23x
Chelsea London 1 1.53x
Cheltenham 1 3.05x
Chippenham 1 24.88x
Colchester St Botolph 1 27.47x
Corston 1 344.83x
Derby All Sts 1 35.34x
Folkestone 1 6.98x
Ham 1 666.67x
Haresfield 1 238.10x
Hereford St Owen 1 34.13x
Higham 1 769.23x
Islington London 1 0.48x
Melcombe Regis 1 16.98x
Melksham 1 30.03x
Portsea 1 1.15x
Prittlewell 1 16.89x
Rickmansworth 1 24.33x
Saffron Walden 1 22.12x
Sproughton 1 217.39x
West Derby 1 1.33x

Top female names

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

Name Count
John 13
William 13
George 10
Alfred 6
Charles 6
Henry 6
Thomas 6
Joseph 5
Daniel 3
Edward 3
Ernest 3
Frank 3
Nathaniel 3
Albert 2
Arthur 2
Charley 2
Edwin 2
Frederick 2
H. 2
James 2
Lewin 2
Mark 2
Abraham 1
Benjamin 1
Earnest 1
Edgar 1
Fitz 1
Francis 1
Fred 1
Geo. 1
Giles 1
Harry 1
Herbert 1
Rev. 1
Richard 1
Robert 1
Ruben 1
Samuel 1
Thos. 1

FAQ

Holbrow surname: questions and answers

How common was the Holbrow surname in 1881?

In 1881, 224 people were recorded with the Holbrow surname. That placed it at #11,970 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Holbrow surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 211 in 2016. That gives Holbrow a modern rank of #18,904.

What does the Holbrow map show?

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