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UK surname

Micklethwaite

In the 1881 census there were 405 people recorded with the Micklethwaite surname, ranking it #7,903 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 665, ranked #8,025, down from #7,903 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Ecclesfield, Silkstone and Thornhill. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kirklees, Sheffield and Doncaster.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Micklethwaite is 736 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 64.2%.

1881 census count

405

Ranked #7,903

Modern count

665

2016, ranked #8,025

Peak year

2000

736 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Micklethwaite had 405 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,903 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 665 in 2016, ranked #8,025.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 586 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Micklethwaite surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Micklethwaite surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Micklethwaite 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 228 #9,418
1861 historical 332 #7,673
1881 historical 405 #7,903
1891 historical 543 #6,951
1901 historical 586 #7,201
1911 historical 561 #7,180
1997 modern 690 #7,329
1998 modern 718 #7,326
1999 modern 725 #7,327
2000 modern 736 #7,213
2001 modern 719 #7,214
2002 modern 703 #7,483
2003 modern 688 #7,485
2004 modern 666 #7,705
2005 modern 648 #7,792
2006 modern 649 #7,807
2007 modern 646 #7,901
2008 modern 651 #7,908
2009 modern 671 #7,891
2010 modern 686 #7,894
2011 modern 692 #7,748
2012 modern 670 #7,877
2013 modern 692 #7,800
2014 modern 680 #7,962
2015 modern 675 #7,954
2016 modern 665 #8,025

Geography

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Where Micklethwaites are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Ecclesfield, Silkstone, Thornhill, Batley and Wakefield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Kirklees, Sheffield and Doncaster. 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 Ecclesfield Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Silkstone Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Thornhill Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Wakefield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kirklees 049 Kirklees
2 Kirklees 002 Kirklees
3 Sheffield 001 Sheffield
4 Kirklees 021 Kirklees
5 Doncaster 009 Doncaster

Forenames

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First names often paired with Micklethwaite

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Micklethwaite

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

Micklethwaite is most concentrated in decile 2 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

Micklethwaite 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 Micklethwaite is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Micklethwaite, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Micklethwaite families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Micklethwaite 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 361 Micklethwaites recorded in 1881 and an index of 9.29x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 361 9.29x
Cheshire 16 1.85x
Lancashire 15 0.32x
Middlesex 3 0.08x
Norfolk 2 0.33x
Derbyshire 1 0.16x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.19x
Shropshire 1 0.30x
Staffordshire 1 0.08x
Surrey 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Thornhill in Yorkshire leads with 29 Micklethwaites recorded in 1881 and an index of 255.73x.

Place Total Index
Thornhill 29 255.73x
Bradfield 27 180.24x
Huddersfield 27 47.69x
Kirkburton 27 589.52x
Barnsley 16 39.92x
Batley 16 43.33x
Skelmanthorpe 15 358.00x
Kimberworth 12 55.63x
Dukinfield 11 27.50x
Hoyland Nether 11 115.43x
Lower Whitley 11 2115.38x
Alverthorpe Cum Thornes 10 70.87x
Denby 10 476.19x
Monk Bretton 10 254.45x
Ardsley 9 200.89x
Armley 9 52.51x
Naburn 9 1184.21x
Wakefield 9 30.17x
Ackworth 8 267.56x
Wortley In Bramley 8 25.99x
Wortley In Wortley 8 522.88x
Barugh 7 213.41x
Ecclesfield 7 24.57x
Normanton 7 59.93x
Castleton 6 12.91x
Mirfield 5 23.44x
Roystone 5 328.95x
Tintwistle 5 107.99x
Dalton In Huddersfield 4 45.98x
Dewsbury 4 10.04x
Stainbrough 4 555.56x
Thornham 4 158.73x
Balby Cum Hexthorpe 3 64.66x
Bolton In Bradford 3 120.48x
Carlton In Selby 3 300.00x
Gomersal 3 16.54x
Gowdall 3 1071.43x
Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe 3 16.62x
Broughton In Salford 2 4.70x
Ecclesall Bierlow 2 2.53x
Islington London 2 0.53x
Lockwood 2 14.31x
Manningham 2 4.18x
Shepley 2 93.46x
York St Mary 2 12.43x
Brightside Bierlow 1 1.31x
Chadderton 1 4.40x
Dalton In Furness 1 5.57x
Darlaston 1 5.47x
Dewsbury Ossett Cum 1 117.65x
Fakenham 1 33.67x
Fulstone 1 35.21x
Glossop Dale 1 3.48x
Hickling 1 90.09x
Horbury 1 14.71x
Leeds 1 0.46x
Mortlake 1 11.74x
Nuthall 1 50.51x
Paddington London 1 0.69x
Scarborough 1 2.83x
Shrewsbury St Chad 1 8.41x
Thorne 1 20.75x
Toxteth Park 1 0.63x
Wooldale 1 15.17x
Worsbrough 1 8.78x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 25
Sarah 21
Elizabeth 14
Ann 11
Emma 8
Annie 7
Eliza 7
Harriet 7
Clara 6
Hannah 6
Alice 5
Jane 5
Martha 5
Ada 4
Emily 4
Florence 4
Lucy 4
Elizh. 3
Ellen 3
Jemima 3
Matilda 3
Edith 2
Elizth. 2
Esther 2
Ethel 2
Louisa 2
Maria 2
Ruth 2
Susannah 2
Amy 1
Arneil 1
Bertha 1
Betsy 1
Clarissa 1
Elenor 1
Enid 1
Eva 1
Florance 1
Francis 1
Jemmiah 1
Judith 1
Keturah 1
Kitty 1
Laura 1
Leah 1
Linda 1
Luciana 1
Lydia 1
Margaret 1
Margeret 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 20
George 19
William 16
Joseph 14
Fred 8
James 7
Arthur 6
Thomas 6
Charles 5
Joe 5
Tom 5
Edward 4
Henry 4
Jonathan 4
Geo. 3
Harry 3
Robert 3
Adam 2
Albert 2
Frederick 2
Richard 2
Samuel 2
Thos. 2
Walter 2
Willie 2
Allen 1
Amos 1
Ben 1
Ben. 1
Benj. 1
Benjn. 1
Dan 1
Edw. 1
Edwin 1
Ernest 1
Frank 1
Fred. 1
Geo.J. 1
H.D. 1
Jas. 1
Jessie 1
Jim 1
Joe. 1
Jonas 1
Josh. 1
Josiah 1
Mark 1
Nathan 1
Parker 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Micklethwaite surname: questions and answers

How common was the Micklethwaite surname in 1881?

In 1881, 405 people were recorded with the Micklethwaite surname. That placed it at #7,903 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Micklethwaite surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 665 in 2016. That gives Micklethwaite a modern rank of #8,025.

What does the Micklethwaite map show?

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