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UK surname

Lowcock

In the 1881 census there were 386 people recorded with the Lowcock surname, ranking it #8,165 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 281, ranked #15,449, down from #8,165 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Kirkby Malzeard, Skipton and Eckington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Pendle, Wyre and Preston.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Lowcock is 548 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 27.2%.

1881 census count

386

Ranked #8,165

Modern count

281

2016, ranked #15,449

Peak year

1911

548 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Lowcock had 386 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,165 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 281 in 2016, ranked #15,449.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 548 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Lowcock surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Lowcock surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Lowcock 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 321 #7,237
1861 historical 306 #8,296
1881 historical 386 #8,165
1891 historical 415 #8,610
1901 historical 543 #7,594
1911 historical 548 #7,311
1997 modern 349 #12,197
1998 modern 352 #12,489
1999 modern 353 #12,522
2000 modern 352 #12,510
2001 modern 344 #12,526
2002 modern 337 #12,965
2003 modern 342 #12,627
2004 modern 334 #12,897
2005 modern 323 #13,133
2006 modern 327 #13,092
2007 modern 320 #13,442
2008 modern 314 #13,720
2009 modern 318 #13,863
2010 modern 312 #14,314
2011 modern 313 #14,200
2012 modern 290 #14,838
2013 modern 294 #14,961
2014 modern 290 #15,203
2015 modern 287 #15,235
2016 modern 281 #15,449

Geography

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Where Lowcocks are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Kirkby Malzeard, Skipton, Eckington, Rawmarsh, Wath-on-Dearn (Swinton) and Sheffield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Pendle, Wyre, Preston, St. Helens and High Peak. 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 Kirkby Malzeard Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Skipton Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Eckington Derbyshire
4 Rawmarsh, Wath-on-Dearn (Swinton) Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Pendle 008 Pendle
2 Wyre 007 Wyre
3 Preston 002 Preston
4 St. Helens 020 St. Helens
5 High Peak 001 High Peak

Forenames

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First names often paired with Lowcock

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Lowcock

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

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Lowcock surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Lowcock household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

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, Lowcock 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

Lowcock 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

Lowcock 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.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Lowcock 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Lowcock, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Lowcock families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Lowcock 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 163 Lowcocks recorded in 1881 and an index of 4.37x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 163 4.37x
Lancashire 144 3.22x
Derbyshire 21 3.56x
Durham 17 1.52x
Cheshire 11 1.32x
Kent 7 0.54x
Surrey 6 0.33x
Shropshire 4 1.23x
Devon 3 0.38x
Middlesex 3 0.08x
Somerset 2 0.33x
Staffordshire 2 0.16x
Berkshire 1 0.35x
Hampshire 1 0.13x
Warwickshire 1 0.11x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Addingham in Yorkshire leads with 33 Lowcocks recorded in 1881 and an index of 1182.80x.

Place Total Index
Addingham 33 1182.80x
Hartwith Cum Winsley 24 1751.82x
Colne 22 165.29x
Broughton In Salford 19 46.51x
Stranton 13 34.47x
Skipton 12 102.21x
Eccleston In Prescot 11 49.04x
Eckington 11 76.82x
Leeds 11 5.22x
Rawmarsh 11 83.46x
Oldham 10 6.93x
Dronfield 9 119.21x
Everton 9 6.32x
Preston 8 388.35x
Windle 8 31.82x
Bradford 7 7.75x
Burnley 7 18.60x
Kildwick 7 205.88x
Pendleton In Salford 7 13.15x
Beckenham 6 35.74x
Elslack 6 5454.55x
Hunslet 6 10.31x
Salford 6 4.57x
West Derby 6 4.59x
Barley With Wheatley 5 1250.00x
Bold 5 450.45x
Habergham Eaves 5 12.24x
Hartford 5 265.96x
Stockport Etchells 5 282.49x
Thornton In Craven 5 167.22x
York St Giles In 5 142.05x
Clayton Le Woods 4 952.38x
Croydon 4 3.93x
Keighley 4 10.06x
Manchester 4 1.99x
Shrewsbury Holy Cross 4 111.42x
Stretford 4 16.27x
Barrowford Booth 3 60.73x
Bethnal Green London 3 1.83x
Cowling 3 123.97x
Darlington 3 6.94x
Ecclesall Bierlow 3 3.95x
Totnes 3 65.50x
Barnoldswick 2 38.39x
Burslem 2 5.49x
Bury 2 3.92x
Giggleswick 2 158.73x
Gilling 2 178.57x
Headingley Cum Burley 2 8.33x
Martock 2 50.76x
Mellor 2 141.84x
Barnes 1 12.89x
Birstwith 1 158.73x
Broughton In Skipton 1 434.78x
Chesterfield 1 4.52x
Cookham 1 11.35x
Edgbaston 1 3.40x
Foulridge 1 87.72x
Gisburn 1 147.06x
Glusburn 1 47.39x
Great Little Marsden 1 4.89x
Horton In Bradford 1 1.72x
Huddersfield 1 1.84x
Ilkley 1 16.39x
Lambeth 1 0.30x
Lewisham 1 1.46x
Liscard 1 6.68x
Little Bolton 1 1.74x
Liverpool 1 0.37x
Martons Both 1 333.33x
Micklethwaite 1 769.23x
Oulton Cum Woodlesford 1 33.00x
St Michael Winchester 1 63.69x
Todmorden Walsden 1 8.35x
Urpeth 1 45.87x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 32
Elizabeth 23
Sarah 20
Jane 13
Ann 12
Margaret 11
Alice 9
Annie 7
Martha 7
Emma 5
Ada 3
Emily 3
Hannah 3
Caroline 2
Eleanor 2
Eliza 2
Esther 2
Frances 2
Jessie 2
Louisa 2
Susannah 2
Abigail 1
Alexandina 1
Clara 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Ethel 1
Eviline 1
Fanny 1
Florence 1
G.H. 1
Georgiana 1
Harriet 1
Henrietta 1
Isabella 1
Jessi 1
Julia 1
Lilie 1
Lily 1
Lucy 1
Maria 1
Matilda 1
Maud 1
Nancy 1
Pricilla 1
Rose 1
Roseanna 1
Ruby 1
Sarahann 1
Selina 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 32
Joseph 15
George 14
Thomas 14
William 14
Charles 7
James 7
Robert 5
Walter 5
Arthur 4
Richard 4
Willm. 4
Alfred 3
Herbert 3
Percy 3
Chas. 2
Ellis 2
Frederick 2
Martin 2
Samuel 2
Wilfred 2
Benson 1
Booth 1
Dyson 1
Eaddie 1
Edward 1
Edwd.Charles 1
Emmanuel 1
Fred 1
Frederic 1
Fredk. 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Hardisty 1
Harry 1
Henry 1
Jas. 1
Jno. 1
Louis 1
Marina 1
Myhill 1
Obadiah 1
Oscar 1
Philip 1
Reisby 1
Robinson 1
Salean 1
Sam 1
Sidney 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Lowcock surname: questions and answers

How common was the Lowcock surname in 1881?

In 1881, 386 people were recorded with the Lowcock surname. That placed it at #8,165 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Lowcock surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 281 in 2016. That gives Lowcock a modern rank of #15,449.

What does the Lowcock map show?

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