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UK surname

Nayler

In the 1881 census there were 252 people recorded with the Nayler surname, ranking it #11,012 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 340, ranked #13,456, down from #11,012 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, London parishes and Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Cornwall, Colchester and Sedgemoor.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Nayler is 518 in 1891. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 34.9%.

1881 census count

252

Ranked #11,012

Modern count

340

2016, ranked #13,456

Peak year

1891

518 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Nayler had 252 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,012 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 340 in 2016, ranked #13,456.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 518 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Nayler surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Nayler surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Nayler 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 327 #7,119
1861 historical 454 #5,705
1881 historical 252 #11,012
1891 historical 518 #7,216
1901 historical 335 #10,782
1911 historical 475 #8,144
1997 modern 368 #11,719
1998 modern 399 #11,354
1999 modern 383 #11,823
2000 modern 378 #11,882
2001 modern 377 #11,723
2002 modern 386 #11,740
2003 modern 379 #11,714
2004 modern 357 #12,272
2005 modern 343 #12,546
2006 modern 333 #12,941
2007 modern 339 #12,896
2008 modern 335 #13,115
2009 modern 347 #13,044
2010 modern 357 #13,036
2011 modern 361 #12,800
2012 modern 346 #13,070
2013 modern 351 #13,159
2014 modern 358 #13,045
2015 modern 353 #13,086
2016 modern 340 #13,456

Geography

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Where Naylers are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, London parishes, Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a, Elsing and Colchester Greenstead. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Cornwall, Colchester, Sedgemoor and Bromley. 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 Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard Nottinghamshire
2 London parishes London 3
3 Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a Essex
4 Elsing Norfolk
5 Colchester Greenstead Essex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Cornwall 002 Cornwall
2 Colchester 016 Colchester
3 Colchester 014 Colchester
4 Sedgemoor 006 Sedgemoor
5 Bromley 012 Bromley

Forenames

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First names often paired with Nayler

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Nayler

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

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Nayler is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. 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 concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Nayler is most concentrated in decile 5 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

Nayler falls in decile 9 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 Nayler 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 Nayler, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Nayler families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Nayler 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. Middlesex leads with 49 Naylers recorded in 1881 and an index of 1.99x.

County Total Index
Middlesex 49 1.99x
Essex 36 7.42x
Yorkshire 33 1.35x
Staffordshire 32 3.86x
Worcestershire 19 5.92x
Lancashire 14 0.48x
Hampshire 11 2.18x
Midlothian 8 2.43x
Suffolk 8 2.67x
Surrey 8 0.67x
Herefordshire 5 4.96x
Lincolnshire 5 1.27x
Norfolk 5 1.32x
Kent 4 0.48x
Monmouthshire 4 2.25x
Cheshire 3 0.55x
Durham 3 0.41x
Nottinghamshire 3 0.91x
Derbyshire 2 0.52x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Greenstead in Essex leads with 22 Naylers recorded in 1881 and an index of 3098.59x.

Place Total Index
Greenstead 22 3098.59x
Dudley 18 46.13x
Nether Hallam 13 39.45x
Islington London 11 4.62x
Stoke Newington London 11 57.44x
Sedgley 9 29.20x
Colchester St Martin 8 898.88x
Portsea 8 8.10x
South Leith 8 21.59x
Colchester St Mary At 6 348.84x
Sheffield 6 7.74x
St Pancras London 6 3.03x
West Bromwich 6 12.63x
Clapham 5 16.27x
Hackney London 5 3.63x
Mildenhall 5 157.23x
Paddington London 5 5.53x
Walsall Foreign 5 11.67x
Hereford St Nicholas 4 291.97x
Hunslet 4 10.53x
Mynyddyslwyn 4 57.06x
Rushall 4 81.97x
Walton Le Dale 4 51.02x
Wednesbury 4 19.29x
Harborne 3 11.28x
Havant 3 117.65x
Little Bolton 3 8.00x
Newbottle 3 75.19x
Saham Toney 3 294.12x
Stockport 3 10.75x
Bromley London 2 3.70x
Broughton In Salford 2 7.50x
Deptford St Paul 2 3.09x
Ecclesall Bierlow 2 4.04x
Garthorpe 2 425.53x
Horton In Bradford 2 5.26x
Leeds 2 1.45x
Morton In Gainsborough 2 259.74x
North Meols 2 7.01x
Salford 2 2.33x
St George Hanover 2 6.23x
Tottenham 2 5.11x
Warsop 2 227.27x
West Haddlesey 2 1666.67x
Whittington 2 37.59x
Ash Next Sandwich 1 53.76x
Boston 1 8.39x
Bury St Edmunds St Mary 1 17.79x
Butterton 1 526.32x
Croydon 1 1.50x
Ealing 1 4.55x
East Retford 1 34.84x
Gorleston 1 13.14x
Kensington London 1 0.73x
Lowestoft 1 7.07x
Norwich St Stephen 1 28.82x
Ombersley 1 55.87x
Rotherham 1 7.28x
Scole Cum Frenze 1 181.82x
Shoreditch London 1 0.94x
Southcoates 1 7.40x
St Giles In Fields 1 11.79x
St Paul Covent Garden 1 40.65x
Staunton On Wye 1 222.22x
Stoke 1 208.33x
Streatham 1 5.48x
Walton On Thames 1 18.18x
Wigan 1 2.45x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Henry 12
John 12
George 10
William 9
Edward 7
Thomas 7
Joseph 6
Alfred 5
James 5
Benjamin 3
Charles 3
Frederick 3
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Albert 2
Arthur 2
Augustus 2
Edwd. 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Isaac 2
Matthew 2
Percy 2
Sidney 2
Walter 2
A. 1
Charley 1
David 1
Enoch 1
Frank 1
Hector 1
Jesse 1
Nathaniel 1
Peter 1
Robert 1
Septimus 1
T. 1
W. 1

FAQ

Nayler surname: questions and answers

How common was the Nayler surname in 1881?

In 1881, 252 people were recorded with the Nayler surname. That placed it at #11,012 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Nayler surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 340 in 2016. That gives Nayler a modern rank of #13,456.

What does the Nayler map show?

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