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UK surname

Mickleburgh

In the 1881 census there were 227 people recorded with the Mickleburgh surname, ranking it #11,858 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 414, ranked #11,574, up from #11,858 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Horningtoft and Montgomery. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Norfolk, Waveney and Swale.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mickleburgh is 457 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 82.4%.

1881 census count

227

Ranked #11,858

Modern count

414

2016, ranked #11,574

Peak year

1999

457 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mickleburgh had 227 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,858 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 414 in 2016, ranked #11,574.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 348 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Mickleburgh surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Mickleburgh surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mickleburgh 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 179 #11,346
1861 historical 181 #12,997
1881 historical 227 #11,858
1891 historical 303 #11,039
1901 historical 337 #10,735
1911 historical 348 #10,297
1997 modern 421 #10,589
1998 modern 451 #10,393
1999 modern 457 #10,342
2000 modern 452 #10,394
2001 modern 441 #10,412
2002 modern 446 #10,521
2003 modern 444 #10,393
2004 modern 440 #10,494
2005 modern 442 #10,346
2006 modern 440 #10,435
2007 modern 438 #10,568
2008 modern 443 #10,559
2009 modern 451 #10,649
2010 modern 442 #11,066
2011 modern 442 #10,942
2012 modern 413 #11,451
2013 modern 423 #11,422
2014 modern 426 #11,408
2015 modern 420 #11,458
2016 modern 414 #11,574

Geography

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Where Mickleburghs are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Horningtoft, Montgomery and Lakenham , Eaton St Andrew, Town Close, St Stephen, St Peter Mancroft, St Giles, St Andrew, St John. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Norfolk, Waveney, Swale and King's Lynn and West Norfolk. 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 London parishes London 1
2 London parishes London 3
3 Horningtoft Norfolk
4 Montgomery Montgomeryshire
5 Lakenham , Eaton St Andrew, Town Close, St Stephen, St Peter Mancroft, St Giles, St Andrew, St John Norfolk

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Norfolk 009 South Norfolk
2 Waveney 013 Waveney
3 Swale 008 Swale
4 King's Lynn and West Norfolk 004 King's Lynn and West Norfolk
5 South Norfolk 008 South Norfolk

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mickleburgh

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mickleburgh

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

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Mickleburgh surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Mickleburgh 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 predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Mickleburgh is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. 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

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Mickleburgh is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Mickleburgh falls in decile 4 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 Mickleburgh 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 Mickleburgh, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Mickleburgh families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mickleburgh 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. Norfolk leads with 116 Mickleburghs recorded in 1881 and an index of 34.07x.

County Total Index
Norfolk 116 34.07x
Suffolk 20 7.42x
Surrey 20 1.85x
Middlesex 18 0.81x
Montgomeryshire 9 17.74x
Lancashire 7 0.27x
Northamptonshire 7 3.36x
Cambridgeshire 5 3.57x
Leicestershire 5 2.04x
Gloucestershire 4 0.92x
Devon 3 0.65x
Essex 3 0.69x
Warwickshire 3 0.54x
Cheshire 2 0.41x
Kent 2 0.26x
Bedfordshire 1 0.87x
Shropshire 1 0.52x
Somerset 1 0.28x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Heigham in Norfolk leads with 32 Mickleburghs recorded in 1881 and an index of 175.15x.

Place Total Index
Heigham 32 175.15x
Broome 15 3846.15x
Montgomery 9 1000.00x
Norwich St Stephen 8 256.41x
Dickleburgh 7 1111.11x
Ipswich St Mathew 7 92.59x
Peterborough 7 46.42x
Aldeby 6 1224.49x
Crumpsall 6 96.93x
Hammersmith London 6 11.00x
Loddon 6 681.82x
Norwich St Julian 6 419.58x
Thorpe Next Norwich 6 166.21x
Leicester St Margaret 5 8.35x
Southwark St John 5 73.86x
Bermondsey 4 6.07x
Clapham 4 14.45x
Colkirk 4 1212.12x
Ipswich St Clement 4 58.31x
Norwich St Mary At Coslany 4 412.37x
Tacolnestone 4 1176.47x
Thorney 4 256.41x
Aston 3 1.95x
Battersea 3 3.68x
Bristol St James In 3 46.95x
Brooke 3 555.56x
Dawlish 3 87.21x
St Anne Soho London 3 23.73x
Taverham 3 1875.00x
Chigwell 2 48.43x
Erith 2 26.88x
Guildford St Nicholas 2 104.71x
Harrow On The Hill 2 45.25x
Kensington London 2 1.62x
Kirkley 2 88.50x
Little Bealings 2 1111.11x
Lowestoft 2 15.70x
Norwich St Helen 2 476.19x
St George Hanover 2 6.92x
Whissonsett 2 434.78x
Ashill 1 277.78x
Beccles 1 23.04x
Bergh Apton 1 277.78x
Camberwell 1 0.71x
Cheadle 1 10.71x
Cholmondeley 1 454.55x
East Tuddenham 1 294.12x
Farnworth 1 6.35x
Great Yarmouth 1 3.55x
Hackney London 1 0.81x
Haddiscoe 1 333.33x
Harrow 1 29.59x
Leckhampton 1 37.31x
Luton 1 5.04x
Morning Thorpe 1 1111.11x
Norwich St George Colegate 1 80.65x
Pakefield 1 149.25x
Rochford 1 78.74x
Shelfanger 1 384.62x
Shrewsbury Holy Cross 1 47.39x
Southwark St Thomas 1 169.49x
St Edward Cambridge 1 222.22x
St Pancras London 1 0.56x
Tunstead 1 312.50x
Woodbridge 1 28.99x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 13
Elizabeth 10
Sarah 7
Alice 6
Emily 6
Hannah 5
Ann 4
Eliza 4
Ellen 4
Emma 4
Agnes 3
Amelia 3
Edith 3
Caroline 2
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Eleanor 2
Harriet 2
Harriett 2
Rose 2
Susannah 2
Amy 1
Anna 1
Barbara 1
Catherine 1
Frances 1
Helen 1
Isabell 1
Jane 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Keturch 1
Laura 1
Lettie 1
Louisa 1
Louise 1
Lucretia 1
Lucy 1
Margeret 1
Maria 1
Marie 1
Martha 1
May 1
Mitilda 1
Philis 1
Phoebe 1
Rachael 1
Rosabella 1
Rosetta 1
Ruth 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 18
John 17
George 10
James 8
Robert 8
Henry 6
Edward 4
Herbert 4
Ernest 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Charles 2
Frederick 2
Harry 2
Samuel 2
Walter 2
Albert 1
Allen 1
Charlie 1
Chas. 1
Edwin 1
Ellis 1
Robt.Edwd. 1
Saml 1
Saml. 1
Wm. 1
Wm.H. 1
Zebedee 1

FAQ

Mickleburgh surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mickleburgh surname in 1881?

In 1881, 227 people were recorded with the Mickleburgh surname. That placed it at #11,858 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mickleburgh surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 414 in 2016. That gives Mickleburgh a modern rank of #11,574.

What does the Mickleburgh map show?

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