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UK surname

Hullah

In the 1881 census there were 425 people recorded with the Hullah surname, ranking it #7,634 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 532, ranked #9,547, down from #7,634 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bradford, Ripon and Warsill, Ripon (Newby-with-Mulwith, Ripon). In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Harrogate, Bradford and Hambleton.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hullah is 651 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 25.2%.

1881 census count

425

Ranked #7,634

Modern count

532

2016, ranked #9,547

Peak year

1911

651 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Hullah had 425 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,634 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 532 in 2016, ranked #9,547.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 651 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Hullah surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hullah surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hullah 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 282 #8,013
1861 historical 335 #7,610
1881 historical 425 #7,634
1891 historical 489 #7,570
1901 historical 590 #7,155
1911 historical 651 #6,434
1997 modern 527 #8,948
1998 modern 560 #8,793
1999 modern 551 #8,974
2000 modern 546 #9,001
2001 modern 537 #8,963
2002 modern 559 #8,861
2003 modern 558 #8,740
2004 modern 568 #8,661
2005 modern 551 #8,767
2006 modern 554 #8,768
2007 modern 557 #8,813
2008 modern 552 #8,940
2009 modern 563 #8,999
2010 modern 562 #9,200
2011 modern 554 #9,212
2012 modern 536 #9,361
2013 modern 547 #9,375
2014 modern 550 #9,395
2015 modern 535 #9,530
2016 modern 532 #9,547

Geography

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Where Hullahs are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bradford, Ripon, Warsill, Ripon (Newby-with-Mulwith, Ripon) and Leeds. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Harrogate, Bradford, Hambleton 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 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Ripon Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Warsill, Ripon (Newby-with-Mulwith, Ripon) Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Harrogate 018 Harrogate
2 Bradford 027 Bradford
3 Hambleton 006 Hambleton
4 Harrogate 013 Harrogate
5 Leeds 079 Leeds

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hullah

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hullah

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Hullah, 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 Hullah surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Hullah 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Established Homeowners with Children

Within London, Hullah is most associated with areas classed as Established Homeowners with Children, 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 predominantly British-born residents are typically married/in civil partnerships and own the properties in which they are raising their children. Parents are typically over 45, and many other residents are beyond normal retirement age. Detached and semi-detached houses predominate and multiple car ownership is common.

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

Hullah is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Hullah falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

1
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Hullah families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hullah 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 359 Hullahs recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.78x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 359 8.78x
Lancashire 24 0.49x
Durham 15 1.22x
Middlesex 8 0.19x
Cornwall 5 1.07x
Glamorgan 4 0.56x
Devon 2 0.23x
Hampshire 2 0.24x
Kent 1 0.07x
Northumberland 1 0.16x
Royal Navy 1 2.03x
Staffordshire 1 0.07x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Hunslet in Yorkshire leads with 38 Hullahs recorded in 1881 and an index of 59.60x.

Place Total Index
Hunslet 38 59.60x
Leeds 31 13.43x
Bradford 29 29.30x
Bishop Monkton 19 2794.12x
Farnley In Bramley 15 294.12x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 14 100.14x
High Low Bishopside 12 330.58x
Wyke In Bradford 12 164.16x
Hartwith Cum Winsley 11 733.33x
Headingley Cum Burley 11 41.79x
Wortley In Bramley 11 33.97x
Hunmanby 10 523.56x
Menwith Cum Darley 10 1234.57x
Ripon 10 105.37x
Darlington 9 18.99x
Newton 9 23.85x
Keighley 8 18.36x
Armley 7 38.82x
Azerley 7 721.65x
Holbeck 7 25.84x
Addingham 6 196.08x
Dewsbury 6 14.31x
Kirklington With 6 1714.29x
North Bierley 6 27.17x
Southowram 6 48.08x
Birstwith 5 724.64x
Bramley In Bramley 5 31.95x
Calstock 5 54.59x
Little Ouseburn 5 1470.59x
Nun Monkton 5 1315.79x
Cardiff St Mary 4 10.11x
Halifax 4 6.66x
Wardleworth 4 14.30x
Westminster St Margaret 4 20.10x
Aismunderby Cum 3 258.62x
Baildon 3 38.96x
Beeford 3 297.03x
Blackburn 3 2.30x
Conside Knitsley 3 31.45x
St Marylebone London 3 1.36x
Colne 2 13.71x
Exelby Leeming Newton 2 206.19x
Gate Fulford 2 20.94x
Great Ouseburn 2 285.71x
Manningham 2 3.97x
Melmerby In Ripon 2 465.12x
Nether Hallam 2 3.62x
Norton 2 44.35x
Sandal Magna 2 33.06x
Sherburn 2 59.52x
Stretford 2 7.42x
Wakefield 2 6.37x
West Derby 2 1.40x
Acklam With Barthorpe 1 243.90x
Alverstoke 1 3.27x
Christow 1 120.48x
Copmanthorpe 1 227.27x
Gomersal 1 5.24x
Grewelthorpe 1 136.99x
Hart 1 33.44x
Hedley 1 370.37x
Helmsley 1 45.66x
Kirby Hall 1 2000.00x
Kirk Hammerton 1 250.00x
Middlesbrough 1 1.88x
Mirfield 1 4.45x
Old Malton 1 38.91x
Owslebury 1 83.33x
Pilkington 1 5.38x
Preston 1 0.76x
Royal Navy 1 2.38x
Shipley 1 4.71x
South Stainley With 1 333.33x
Stoke Upon Trent 1 0.68x
Swinton With 1 476.19x
Thornthwaite Cum 1 285.71x
Tong 1 12.66x
Totnes 1 19.92x
Woolwich 1 1.92x
York St Mary 1 5.91x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 34
Elizabeth 20
Ann 16
Emma 10
Sarah 10
Ellen 9
Hannah 6
Annie 5
Jane 5
Alice 4
Clara 4
Eliza 4
Margaret 4
Ada 3
Esther 3
Harriet 3
Amelia 2
Caroline 2
Emily 2
Florence 2
Frances 2
Isabella 2
Laura 2
Margret 2
Maria 2
Matilda 2
Rose 2
Ruth 2
Betty 1
Carolina 1
Charlotte 1
Christiana 1
Delia 1
Ead 1
Emmely 1
Fanny 1
Franesk 1
Hellen 1
Janet 1
Jessie 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Lily 1
Lizzie 1
Louesia 1
Louisa 1
Lydia 1
Margt. 1
Martha 1
Susey 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 41
George 25
William 22
Thomas 20
James 17
Joseph 9
Charles 8
Arthur 7
Henry 7
Samuel 5
Richard 4
Alfred 3
Frank 3
Fred 3
Fredrick 3
Harry 3
Walter 3
Christopher 2
Frederick 2
Jesse 2
Robert 2
Sam 2
Tom 2
Aurthur 1
Benjaman 1
Benjamin 1
Bobby 1
Chalie 1
Chas. 1
Chas.Robt. 1
David 1
Dean 1
Edward 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Friend 1
Geo. 1
Geo.W. 1
Henery 1
Herbert 1
J. 1
Joe 1
Leonard 1
Levi 1
Philip 1
Ramfield 1
Richd. 1
Seth 1
Thos. 1
Wilson 1

FAQ

Hullah surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hullah surname in 1881?

In 1881, 425 people were recorded with the Hullah surname. That placed it at #7,634 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hullah surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 532 in 2016. That gives Hullah a modern rank of #9,547.

What does the Hullah map show?

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