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UK surname

Hully

In the 1881 census there were 155 people recorded with the Hully surname, ranking it #15,174 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 99, ranked #31,358, down from #15,174 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bentham, St Bees and Stockport. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Gwynedd, Copeland and Eden.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Hully is 210 in 1851. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 36.1%.

1881 census count

155

Ranked #15,174

Modern count

99

2016, ranked #31,358

Peak year

1851

210 bearers

Map years

6

1851 to 1911

Key insights

  • Hully had 155 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #15,174 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 99 in 2016, ranked #31,358.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 210 in 1851.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Hully surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Hully surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Hully 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 210 #10,030
1861 historical 183 #12,903
1881 historical 155 #15,174
1891 historical 202 #14,808
1901 historical 184 #15,942
1911 historical 133 #19,214
1997 modern 90 #28,360
1998 modern 97 #28,054
1999 modern 99 #27,906
2000 modern 103 #27,280
2001 modern 100 #27,402
2002 modern 101 #27,766
2003 modern 94 #28,686
2004 modern 88 #29,758
2005 modern 88 #29,831
2006 modern 84 #30,665
2007 modern 85 #30,954
2008 modern 86 #31,114
2009 modern 86 #31,612
2010 modern 94 #31,111
2011 modern 95 #30,877
2012 modern 100 #30,258
2013 modern 98 #31,078
2014 modern 99 #31,186
2015 modern 100 #31,005
2016 modern 99 #31,358

Geography

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Where Hullys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bentham, St Bees, Stockport, Orton and Hope. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Gwynedd, Copeland, Eden, Allerdale and Stratford-on-Avon. 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 Bentham Yorkshire, West Riding
2 St Bees Cumberland
3 Stockport Cheshire
4 Orton Westmorland
5 Hope Derbyshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Gwynedd 016 Gwynedd
2 Copeland 004 Copeland
3 Eden 007 Eden
4 Allerdale 005 Allerdale
5 Stratford-on-Avon 012 Stratford-on-Avon

Forenames

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First names often paired with Hully

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Hully

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Hully surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Hully household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Hully is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, 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 primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Hully 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

Hully 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 Hully is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 25-30 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 Hully, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Hully families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Hully 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 59 Hullys recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.94x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 59 3.94x
Westmorland 35 105.33x
Lancashire 30 1.67x
Derbyshire 15 6.34x
Cheshire 10 3.00x
Middlesex 2 0.13x
Norfolk 2 0.86x
Northumberland 1 0.44x
Suffolk 1 0.54x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Kendal in Westmorland leads with 16 Hullys recorded in 1881 and an index of 263.16x.

Place Total Index
Kendal 16 263.16x
Saddleworth 11 95.16x
Orton 10 1010.10x
Ashton Under Lyne 9 22.95x
Bingley 9 94.34x
Ecclesall Bierlow 9 29.54x
Eckington 9 156.52x
Marsden In Almondbury 9 661.76x
Ecclesfield 6 54.64x
Bentham 5 438.60x
Chorley In Macclesfield 5 490.20x
Fairfield 5 316.46x
Lancaster 5 46.86x
Salford 5 9.48x
Barbon 4 2857.14x
Cheadle 4 62.79x
Pilkington 4 58.74x
Brightside Bierlow 3 10.21x
Casterton 3 1000.00x
Clapham Cum Newby 3 857.14x
Rusholme 3 62.76x
Great Yarmouth 2 10.38x
Pendlebury 2 52.77x
Beeley 1 526.32x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.52x
Broughton In Salford 1 6.10x
Dent 1 158.73x
Headingley Cum Burley 1 10.37x
Islington London 1 0.68x
Kirkland 1 140.85x
Nether Graveship 1 312.50x
Newmarket St Mary 1 70.92x
North Seaton 1 106.38x
Oldham 1 1.73x
Sheffield 1 2.10x
Stayley 1 26.25x
Thorne 1 53.76x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 12
Sarah 10
Elizabeth 5
Agnes 4
Martha 4
Ada 3
Ann 3
Annie 3
Margaret 3
Eliza 2
Ellen 2
Fanny 2
Florence 2
Jane 2
Rachel 2
Amanda 1
Anguline 1
Betsey 1
Betty 1
Blanche 1
Bridget 1
Catherine 1
Dailia 1
Dorothy 1
Edith 1
Eliz. 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Harriet 1
Helena 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Jannette 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Katie 1
Lilly 1
Mariah 1
Nancy 1
Roseland 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 8
Thomas 6
James 5
John 5
Joseph 4
Moses 4
Robert 4
Edward 3
Francis 3
George 3
Frank 2
Isaac 2
Richard 2
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Asa 1
Charles 1
Cornelius 1
Easop 1
Ellis 1
Francies 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Harriet 1
Horace 1
Jasper 1
Lees 1
Samuel 1
Thos. 1
Thos.F. 1
Walker 1
Walter 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Hully surname: questions and answers

How common was the Hully surname in 1881?

In 1881, 155 people were recorded with the Hully surname. That placed it at #15,174 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Hully surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 99 in 2016. That gives Hully a modern rank of #31,358.

What does the Hully map show?

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