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UK surname

Mumby

An English locational surname originating from a place name in Lincolnshire, England.

In the 1881 census there were 859 people recorded with the Mumby surname, ranking it #4,404 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 1,261, ranked #4,741, down from #4,404 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hull Holy Trinity, Clee and Sculcoates. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include East Lindsey, North Lincolnshire and West Lindsey.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Mumby is 1,300 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 46.8%.

1881 census count

859

Ranked #4,404

Modern count

1,261

2016, ranked #4,741

Peak year

1999

1,300 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Mumby had 859 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #4,404 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 1,261 in 2016, ranked #4,741.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 1,217 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Mumby surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Mumby surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Mumby 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 498 #5,020
1861 historical 442 #5,847
1881 historical 859 #4,404
1891 historical 903 #4,563
1901 historical 1,087 #4,446
1911 historical 1,217 #3,882
1997 modern 1,258 #4,526
1998 modern 1,280 #4,642
1999 modern 1,300 #4,600
2000 modern 1,283 #4,635
2001 modern 1,245 #4,660
2002 modern 1,286 #4,617
2003 modern 1,256 #4,624
2004 modern 1,251 #4,638
2005 modern 1,238 #4,633
2006 modern 1,237 #4,654
2007 modern 1,247 #4,661
2008 modern 1,250 #4,671
2009 modern 1,271 #4,711
2010 modern 1,280 #4,765
2011 modern 1,267 #4,763
2012 modern 1,261 #4,692
2013 modern 1,260 #4,790
2014 modern 1,288 #4,720
2015 modern 1,289 #4,666
2016 modern 1,261 #4,741

Geography

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Where Mumbys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hull Holy Trinity, Clee, Sculcoates, Sutton, Long or St Mary and Grimsby, Great. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to East Lindsey, North Lincolnshire, West Lindsey and North East Lincolnshire. 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 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Clee Lincolnshire
3 Sculcoates Yorkshire, East Riding
4 Sutton, Long or St Mary Lincolnshire
5 Grimsby, Great Lincolnshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 East Lindsey 001 East Lindsey
2 North Lincolnshire 011 North Lincolnshire
3 West Lindsey 008 West Lindsey
4 West Lindsey 002 West Lindsey
5 North East Lincolnshire 016 North East Lincolnshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Mumby

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Mumby

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Mumby, 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 Mumby surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Mumby 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

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Mumby is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Mumby is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Mumby falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less 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 Mumby 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 Mumby, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Mumby

The surname Mumby is of English origin and is believed to have originated from the village of Mumby in Lincolnshire, England. The name is likely derived from the Old English words "muma" meaning "wild man" and "by" meaning "settlement" or "village". This suggests that the name may have been associated with someone who lived in a settlement of wild or uncivilized people.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Mumby can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is spelled "Mundebi". This is a reference to the village of Mumby in Lincolnshire, indicating that the name was already in use by the late 11th century.

In the 13th century, the name appeared as "Mumby" in the Feet of Fines for Lincolnshire in 1218. This was a legal document recording the transfer of land ownership and provides evidence of the surname's continued use in the region.

Notable individuals with the surname Mumby include John Mumby (c. 1558-1620), an English clergyman and academic who served as the president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Another early record is of Robert Mumby (c. 1600-1670), an English merchant and landowner from Lincolnshire.

In the 18th century, Nathaniel Mumby (1706-1781) was a notable English architect and surveyor who worked on several projects in London and the surrounding areas. His son, Storer Mumby (1733-1805), was also an architect and worked on projects in Bath and Bristol.

In the 19th century, Reverend James Mumby (1819-1896) was a Church of England clergyman and author who wrote several religious works and educational texts. He served as the vicar of Thornton-le-Street in Yorkshire.

Throughout its history, the surname Mumby has maintained a strong association with its origins in the village of Mumby in Lincolnshire, and it continues to be a prominent surname in that region as well as other parts of England.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Mumby families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Mumby 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. Lincolnshire leads with 560 Mumbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 41.80x.

County Total Index
Lincolnshire 560 41.80x
Yorkshire 156 1.88x
Middlesex 28 0.33x
Nottinghamshire 24 2.12x
Essex 15 0.91x
Warwickshire 13 0.62x
Surrey 10 0.24x
Derbyshire 7 0.53x
Northumberland 6 0.48x
Herefordshire 5 1.46x
Kent 5 0.17x
Norfolk 5 0.39x
Buckinghamshire 4 0.79x
Hertfordshire 4 0.69x
Lancashire 4 0.04x
Durham 3 0.12x
Hampshire 3 0.17x
Huntingdonshire 2 1.20x
Oxfordshire 2 0.39x
Staffordshire 2 0.07x
Devon 1 0.06x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Holy Trinity in Yorkshire leads with 59 Mumbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 29.54x.

Place Total Index
Holy Trinity 59 29.54x
Great Grimsby 58 68.20x
Cleethorpes 40 507.61x
North Thoresby 28 1302.33x
Sculcoates 19 14.43x
Sutton St Mary 16 126.28x
Wrawby 16 440.77x
Aston 13 2.23x
Boston 13 31.98x
St Nicholas Lincoln 13 101.48x
Leake 12 195.44x
Claxby In Caistor 11 1182.80x
Elsham 11 763.89x
Sutton St Mary St James 11 696.20x
Bethnal Green London 10 2.75x
Glanford Brigg 10 209.21x
Holton Beckering 10 2127.66x
Louth 9 29.31x
Messingham 9 276.92x
Roxby Cum Risby 9 750.00x
Winterton 9 195.65x
Alkborough 8 701.75x
Balby Cum Hexthorpe 8 80.73x
Brigsley 8 2000.00x
Caterham 8 44.32x
Healing 8 2352.94x
Sandal Magna 8 65.15x
Searby Cum Owmby 8 1269.84x
Willoughton 8 536.91x
Barnetby Le Wold 7 286.89x
Clee With Weelsby 7 23.87x
Derby St Peter 7 16.75x
Halifax 7 5.74x
New Sleaford 7 81.59x
St Peterat Gowts Lincoln 7 37.16x
Stallingborough 7 503.60x
Wanstead 7 24.16x
Basford 6 11.53x
Glentham 6 508.47x
Hundleby 6 331.49x
Laceby 6 205.48x
Longbenton 6 11.36x
North Kelsey 6 247.93x
Tathwell 6 495.87x
Tetney 6 259.74x
Thorpe St Peter 6 368.10x
Welton In The Marsh 6 555.56x
Wold Newton 6 1276.60x
Wootton 6 361.45x
Barlow 5 833.33x
Bigby 5 485.44x
Binbrooke 5 149.70x
Cabourn 5 1000.00x
Cumberworth 5 781.25x
Easington In Patrington 5 454.55x
Horton In Bradford 5 3.86x
Humberstone 5 657.89x
Much Birch 5 331.13x
Sevenoaks 5 21.57x
Swallow 5 735.29x
West Ham 5 1.37x
Babworth 4 190.48x
Bishop Stortford 4 20.74x
East Retford 4 40.82x
Frampton 4 157.48x
Gautby 4 1379.31x
Gomersal 4 10.32x
Hunslet 4 3.09x
Iver 4 61.26x
Marsh Chapel 4 242.42x
Norwich St Mary At Coslany 4 108.40x
Owmby 4 526.32x
Skirbeck 4 53.26x
Spalding 4 15.04x
Sutton Stoneferry 4 16.84x
Thoresway 4 540.54x
Thorney 4 869.57x
South Kelsey 3 170.45x
St Mark Lincoln 3 104.90x
Waltham 3 140.85x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 63
William 51
George 44
Charles 38
Thomas 28
James 17
Robert 15
Henry 12
Joseph 10
Edward 9
Richard 9
Albert 7
Arthur 7
Frederick 7
Alfred 6
Frank 5
Benjamin 4
Fred 4
Walter 4
David 3
Edwin 3
Ernest 3
Francis 3
Herbert 3
Naylor 3
Samuel 3
Tom 3
Driffield 2
Frances 2
Infant 2
Jas. 2
Ralph 2
Towris 2
Wm. 2
Anthony 1
Arther 1
Ben 1
Ben. 1
Bonnor 1
C.R. 1
E.C. 1
Ebenezar 1
Edmund 1
Eli 1
Eli. 1
Harold 1
Harry 1
Heber 1
Henery 1
Wm.Thompson 1

FAQ

Mumby surname: questions and answers

How common was the Mumby surname in 1881?

In 1881, 859 people were recorded with the Mumby surname. That placed it at #4,404 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Mumby surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 1,261 in 2016. That gives Mumby a modern rank of #4,741.

What does the Mumby surname mean?

An English locational surname originating from a place name in Lincolnshire, England.

What does the Mumby map show?

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