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UK surname

Hornshaw

In the 1881 census there were 114 people recorded with the Hornshaw surname, ranking it #18,324 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 201, ranked #19,525, down from #18,324 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Cawood and Dunnington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include East Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds and Bradford.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hornshaw is 214 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 76.3%.

1881 census count

114

Ranked #18,324

Modern count

201

2016, ranked #19,525

Peak year

2002

214 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Hornshaw had 114 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #18,324 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 201 in 2016, ranked #19,525.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 188 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Hornshaw surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hornshaw surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hornshaw 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 105 #16,618
1861 historical 100 #21,103
1881 historical 114 #18,324
1891 historical 128 #20,393
1901 historical 184 #15,942
1911 historical 188 #15,550
1997 modern 179 #18,889
1998 modern 185 #18,973
1999 modern 194 #18,579
2000 modern 206 #17,880
2001 modern 206 #17,624
2002 modern 214 #17,545
2003 modern 212 #17,454
2004 modern 212 #17,540
2005 modern 211 #17,520
2006 modern 211 #17,662
2007 modern 197 #18,669
2008 modern 197 #18,818
2009 modern 202 #18,896
2010 modern 203 #19,264
2011 modern 190 #19,942
2012 modern 193 #19,665
2013 modern 204 #19,276
2014 modern 205 #19,375
2015 modern 204 #19,331
2016 modern 201 #19,525

Geography

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Where Hornshaws are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Cawood, Dunnington, Stillingfleet and St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to East Riding of Yorkshire, Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield. 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 London parishes London 3
2 Cawood Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Dunnington Yorkshire, East Riding
4 Stillingfleet Yorkshire, West Riding
5 St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 East Riding of Yorkshire 032 East Riding of Yorkshire
2 Leeds 107 Leeds
3 Bradford 018 Bradford
4 Leeds 032 Leeds
5 Wakefield 034 Wakefield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hornshaw

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hornshaw

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Hornshaw, 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 Hornshaw surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Hornshaw 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

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Hornshaw is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Hornshaw is most concentrated in decile 2 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

Hornshaw falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

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

1881 census detail

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Hornshaw families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hornshaw 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 86 Hornshaws recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.81x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 86 7.81x
Middlesex 13 1.17x
Lancashire 3 0.23x
Somerset 3 1.68x
Derbyshire 2 1.15x
Essex 2 0.91x
Northumberland 2 1.21x
Cornwall 1 0.79x
Kent 1 0.26x
Sussex 1 0.53x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Dunnington In York in Yorkshire leads with 25 Hornshaws recorded in 1881 and an index of 8928.57x.

Place Total Index
Dunnington In York 25 8928.57x
Kelfield 10 7692.31x
Hammersmith London 9 32.86x
Killinghall 9 3461.54x
Hunslet 8 46.57x
York St Maurice 6 289.86x
Carlton In Selby 4 1428.57x
Clerkenwell London 4 15.24x
Ecclesall Bierlow 4 17.85x
Holy Trinity 4 15.09x
Wortley In Bramley 4 45.82x
Bury 3 19.91x
Weston 3 217.39x
Cawood 2 476.19x
Derby St Werburgh 2 19.90x
North Shields 2 60.61x
Saffron Walden 2 86.21x
Tadcaster West 2 229.89x
Thorp Arch 2 1333.33x
Ardingly 1 166.67x
Clifton In York 1 43.48x
Foots Cray 1 136.99x
Hambleton 1 500.00x
Osbaldwick 1 1666.67x
Rotherham 1 16.10x
Saltash 1 102.04x
Skircoat 1 23.04x
Wetherby 1 138.89x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 11
Alice 5
Elizabeth 5
Sarah 4
Ada 3
Agnes 2
Anne 2
Eliza 2
Frances 2
Jane 2
Martha 2
Rachel 2
Ann 1
Betrice 1
Clara 1
Eilza 1
Eleanor 1
Ellen 1
Emily 1
Emley 1
Emma 1
Fanny 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Harriett 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Kate 1
Leah 1
Lucy 1
Selina 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 9
Thomas 7
George 6
Edward 3
Charles 2
James 2
John 2
Joseph 2
Robert 2
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Chas.A. 1
David 1
Fred. 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Harry 1
Henry 1
Herbert 1
Lewis 1
Matthew 1
Samuel 1
Septimus 1
Wallis 1
Walter 1
Wm.H. 1

FAQ

Hornshaw surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hornshaw surname in 1881?

In 1881, 114 people were recorded with the Hornshaw surname. That placed it at #18,324 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hornshaw surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 201 in 2016. That gives Hornshaw a modern rank of #19,525.

What does the Hornshaw map show?

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