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UK surname

Insull

In the 1881 census there were 155 people recorded with the Insull surname, ranking it #15,174 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 142, ranked #24,625, down from #15,174 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Dudley, Salwarpe 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 Stafford, Dudley and Wyre Forest.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Insull is 211 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 8.4%.

1881 census count

155

Ranked #15,174

Modern count

142

2016, ranked #24,625

Peak year

1911

211 bearers

Map years

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1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Insull had 155 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #15,174 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 142 in 2016, ranked #24,625.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 211 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Insull surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Insull surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Insull 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 70 #21,020
1861 historical 80 #23,566
1881 historical 155 #15,174
1891 historical 164 #17,205
1901 historical 197 #15,272
1911 historical 211 #14,467
1997 modern 152 #20,948
1998 modern 172 #19,883
1999 modern 170 #20,153
2000 modern 168 #20,252
2001 modern 174 #19,562
2002 modern 165 #20,619
2003 modern 170 #20,023
2004 modern 170 #20,146
2005 modern 155 #21,318
2006 modern 162 #20,886
2007 modern 164 #20,973
2008 modern 163 #21,238
2009 modern 165 #21,552
2010 modern 171 #21,481
2011 modern 172 #21,248
2012 modern 154 #22,870
2013 modern 155 #23,108
2014 modern 154 #23,439
2015 modern 148 #23,934
2016 modern 142 #24,625

Geography

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Where Insulls are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Dudley, Salwarpe, Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a, Kidderminster and Stoke-on-Trent, Bucknell-cum-Bagnall, Caverswall. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stafford, Dudley and Wyre Forest. 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 Dudley Staffordshire
2 Salwarpe Worcestershire
3 Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a Essex
4 Kidderminster Worcestershire
5 Stoke-on-Trent, Bucknell-cum-Bagnall, Caverswall Staffordshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stafford 010 Stafford
2 Dudley 008 Dudley
3 Wyre Forest 002 Wyre Forest
4 Stafford 007 Stafford
5 Wyre Forest 008 Wyre Forest

Forenames

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First names often paired with Insull

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Insull

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Insull 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

Insull is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

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

1881 census detail

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Insull families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Insull 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. Worcestershire leads with 74 Insulls recorded in 1881 and an index of 37.48x.

County Total Index
Worcestershire 74 37.48x
Staffordshire 33 6.47x
Warwickshire 14 3.67x
Lancashire 9 0.50x
Yorkshire 8 0.53x
Middlesex 7 0.46x
Surrey 7 0.95x
Kent 1 0.19x
Pembrokeshire 1 2.08x
Shropshire 1 0.77x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Kidderminster Foreign in Worcestershire leads with 24 Insulls recorded in 1881 and an index of 860.22x.

Place Total Index
Kidderminster Foreign 24 860.22x
Dudley 17 70.83x
Ombersley 11 1000.00x
Aston 9 8.57x
Tipton 9 57.58x
Darfield 8 588.24x
Sedgley 8 42.22x
Wolverhampton 8 20.39x
Kidderminster Borough 6 51.95x
St Pancras London 6 4.93x
Edgbaston 5 42.30x
Salwarpe 5 2272.73x
Halesowen 4 231.21x
Oldham 4 6.91x
Wimbledon 4 48.37x
Bilston 3 30.33x
Bradford 3 35.71x
Pershore Holy Cross 3 236.22x
Southwark St Saviour 3 38.61x
Stoke Upon Trent 3 5.54x
Hampton Lovett 2 2000.00x
Kingswinford 2 10.79x
Prestwich 2 44.64x
Claines 1 18.45x
Cleobury Mortimer 1 121.95x
Hackney London 1 1.18x
Lower Mitton 1 57.47x
Pembroke St Mary 1 16.16x
Woolwich 1 5.25x

FAQ

Insull surname: questions and answers

How common was the Insull surname in 1881?

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

How common is the Insull surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 142 in 2016. That gives Insull a modern rank of #24,625.

What does the Insull map show?

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