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UK surname

Mayman

In the 1881 census there were 242 people recorded with the Mayman surname, ranking it #11,333 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 232, ranked #17,694, down from #11,333 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Pancras, Batley and Preston. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Ryedale, Denbighshire and Kirklees.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mayman is 311 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has stayed broadly stable by 4.1%.

1881 census count

242

Ranked #11,333

Modern count

232

2016, ranked #17,694

Peak year

1911

311 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mayman had 242 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,333 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 232 in 2016, ranked #17,694.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 311 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Mayman surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Mayman surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mayman 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 162 #12,215
1861 historical 187 #12,690
1881 historical 242 #11,333
1891 historical 278 #11,746
1901 historical 290 #11,925
1911 historical 311 #11,150
1997 modern 243 #15,556
1998 modern 258 #15,354
1999 modern 257 #15,506
2000 modern 253 #15,623
2001 modern 248 #15,606
2002 modern 247 #15,941
2003 modern 244 #15,861
2004 modern 244 #15,948
2005 modern 240 #16,092
2006 modern 223 #17,036
2007 modern 241 #16,341
2008 modern 242 #16,432
2009 modern 237 #17,052
2010 modern 260 #16,343
2011 modern 254 #16,458
2012 modern 249 #16,572
2013 modern 252 #16,689
2014 modern 242 #17,285
2015 modern 230 #17,795
2016 modern 232 #17,694

Geography

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Where Maymans are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Pancras, Batley, Preston, Scarborough and Dewsbury. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Ryedale, Denbighshire, Kirklees, Wyre and Blackburn with Darwen. 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 St Pancras London (North Districts)
2 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Preston Lancashire
4 Scarborough Yorkshire, North Riding
5 Dewsbury Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Ryedale 008 Ryedale
2 Denbighshire 014 Denbighshire
3 Kirklees 002 Kirklees
4 Wyre 004 Wyre
5 Blackburn with Darwen 011 Blackburn with Darwen

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mayman

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mayman

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Mayman, 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 Mayman surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Mayman 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

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Mayman 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

Mayman 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

Mayman falls in decile 7 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 Mayman 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Mayman families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mayman 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 122 Maymans recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.22x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 122 5.22x
Lancashire 36 1.29x
Middlesex 29 1.23x
Cheshire 23 4.41x
Norfolk 13 3.58x
Monmouthshire 6 3.52x
Kent 5 0.62x
Surrey 3 0.26x
Dorset 2 1.29x
Berkshire 1 0.56x
Essex 1 0.21x
Sussex 1 0.25x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Dewsbury in Yorkshire leads with 20 Maymans recorded in 1881 and an index of 83.37x.

Place Total Index
Dewsbury 20 83.37x
St Pancras London 16 8.42x
Great Yarmouth 12 39.92x
Everton 10 11.20x
Preston 10 13.34x
Saddleworth 10 55.43x
Scarborough 10 47.06x
Oxton 9 305.08x
Rosedale East Side 9 2812.50x
Soothill 9 106.51x
Batley 8 35.99x
Liscard 8 85.20x
Bury 6 18.75x
Clytha 6 2500.00x
Cuerdon 6 1304.35x
Drypool 6 167.60x
Dukinfield 6 24.92x
East Ayton 6 1875.00x
Fylingdales 6 512.82x
Canterbury St Mary 5 92.59x
Folkton Flixton 5 1851.85x
St Marylebone London 5 3.97x
York St George 5 271.74x
Cloughton 3 681.82x
Hammersmith London 3 5.16x
Lambeth 3 1.46x
Ossett Cum Gawthorpe 3 35.89x
Reighton 3 1428.57x
West Ayton 3 810.81x
Brompton In Scarborough 2 357.14x
Burnley 2 8.48x
Falsgrave 2 57.97x
Fordington 2 59.88x
Heckmondwike 2 26.60x
St George Bloomsbury 2 14.77x
Stansfield 2 23.23x
Caytn Deepdal Kilrby 1 204.08x
Flamborough 1 88.50x
Great Faringdon 1 39.22x
Hastings St Mary In The 1 11.78x
Hunslet 1 2.74x
Huyton With Roby 1 30.49x
Kensington London 1 0.76x
Lancaster 1 6.00x
Lockton 1 312.50x
Marske In Guisbrough 1 24.10x
North Burton 1 227.27x
Norwich St James 1 35.09x
Orsett 1 81.97x
Ripon 1 18.42x
Ruswarp 1 38.46x
St George Hanover 1 3.25x
Westminster St James 1 4.12x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 20
Elizabeth 13
Ann 10
Ellen 10
Sarah 10
Annie 6
Hannah 5
Agnes 4
Jane 4
Margaret 4
Alice 3
Emma 3
Martha 3
Eleaner 2
Grace 2
Louisa 2
Amy 1
Anettia 1
Bessie 1
Betsy 1
Catherine 1
Charlotte 1
Chris. 1
Contance 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Eliza 1
Emily 1
Esther 1
Frances 1
Harriet 1
Hen 1
Henriette 1
Jessie 1
Lillian 1
Lucy 1
Margeret 1
Margt. 1
Maria 1
Melinda 1
Nellie 1
Rosa 1
Rose 1
Ruth 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 18
John 14
James 7
Edward 6
Richard 6
George 5
Thomas 5
Henry 4
Joseph 4
Robert 4
Francis 3
Alfred 2
Benjamin 2
Edgar 2
Peter 2
Tom 2
Arthur 1
Ben. 1
Charles 1
David 1
Edwd. 1
Edwin 1
Ellis 1
Ernest 1
Fowler 1
Frank 1
Frederick 1
Fredick 1
Geo. 1
Gilbert 1
Harold 1
Harry 1
Herbert 1
Jas.Guy 1
Josiah 1
Ralph 1
Sam 1
Samuel 1
Stanton 1
Walter 1
Wilfred 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Mayman surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mayman surname in 1881?

In 1881, 242 people were recorded with the Mayman surname. That placed it at #11,333 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mayman surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 232 in 2016. That gives Mayman a modern rank of #17,694.

What does the Mayman map show?

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