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UK surname

Newboult

In the 1881 census there were 130 people recorded with the Newboult surname, ranking it #16,911 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 150, ranked #23,724, down from #16,911 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bingley, Bothamsall and Bradford. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North Kesteven, Bassetlaw and Sheffield.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Newboult is 177 in 2004. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 15.4%.

1881 census count

130

Ranked #16,911

Modern count

150

2016, ranked #23,724

Peak year

2004

177 bearers

Map years

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1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Newboult had 130 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #16,911 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 150 in 2016, ranked #23,724.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 169 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Newboult surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Newboult surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Newboult 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 71 #20,875
1861 historical 78 #23,836
1881 historical 130 #16,911
1891 historical 154 #18,004
1901 historical 159 #17,442
1911 historical 169 #16,564
1997 modern 162 #20,107
1998 modern 165 #20,423
1999 modern 166 #20,458
2000 modern 158 #21,055
2001 modern 158 #20,788
2002 modern 163 #20,767
2003 modern 176 #19,623
2004 modern 177 #19,662
2005 modern 167 #20,296
2006 modern 167 #20,447
2007 modern 161 #21,201
2008 modern 163 #21,238
2009 modern 165 #21,552
2010 modern 162 #22,292
2011 modern 160 #22,282
2012 modern 158 #22,460
2013 modern 145 #24,207
2014 modern 141 #24,855
2015 modern 143 #24,481
2016 modern 150 #23,724

Geography

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Where Newboults are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bingley, Bothamsall, Bradford, Sheffield and Keighley. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North Kesteven, Bassetlaw, Sheffield, Dudley and Leeds. 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 Bingley Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Bothamsall Nottinghamshire
3 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Keighley Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North Kesteven 003 North Kesteven
2 Bassetlaw 008 Bassetlaw
3 Sheffield 051 Sheffield
4 Dudley 019 Dudley
5 Leeds 012 Leeds

Forenames

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First names often paired with Newboult

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Newboult

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Newboult 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

Newboult is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Newboult falls in decile 6 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 Newboult is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 25-30 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Newboult families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Newboult 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 82 Newboults recorded in 1881 and an index of 6.53x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 82 6.53x
Nottinghamshire 33 19.31x
Lancashire 5 0.33x
Lincolnshire 4 1.97x
Middlesex 2 0.16x
Hampshire 1 0.38x
Rutland 1 10.74x
Surrey 1 0.16x
Sussex 1 0.47x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Horton In Bradford in Yorkshire leads with 15 Newboults recorded in 1881 and an index of 76.45x.

Place Total Index
Horton In Bradford 15 76.45x
Manningham 15 96.90x
Bingley 10 125.00x
Drypool 9 468.75x
Bothamsall 8 7272.73x
Tuxford 7 1666.67x
Gringley On Hill 6 1666.67x
Oulton Cum Woodlesford 6 588.24x
Silkstone 6 967.74x
Broughton In Salford 5 36.34x
Eccleshill 5 163.40x
Wakefield 4 41.45x
Bayards Leap 3 1428.57x
Bradford 3 9.86x
Ecclesall Bierlow 3 11.74x
Laxton 3 1428.57x
Nether Hallam 3 17.65x
Clarborough 2 156.25x
Hoyland Nether 2 64.94x
North Wheatley 2 1176.47x
Nottingham St Mary 2 4.52x
Worksop 2 39.45x
Aldershot 1 11.48x
Christ Church Newgate 1 169.49x
East Markham 1 303.03x
Gainsborough 1 20.92x
Great Casterton 1 714.29x
Hastings St Mary 1 18.80x
North Bierley 1 14.75x
Pinner 1 90.09x
Richmond 1 11.55x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 7
Hannah 6
Ann 5
Annie 4
Elizabeth 4
Sarah 4
Caroline 3
Jane 3
Ada 2
Alice 2
Ellen 2
Bertha 1
Betsy 1
Edith 1
Elizebeth 1
Emily 1
Emma 1
Esther 1
Eva 1
Fanny 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Harriet 1
Isabel 1
Jessie 1
Lilly 1
Lucy 1
Maude 1
Nanny 1
Rebecca 1
Rosina 1
T. 1
Thirza 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 10
George 7
John 6
Arthur 4
Charles 4
Thomas 4
Alfred 3
Francis 3
Henry 3
Robert 2
Walter 2
Albert 1
Atkinson 1
Beatson 1
Benjamin 1
Benjn. 1
Chas. 1
Clarie 1
Edmund 1
Edward 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Fred. 1
Frederick 1
Geo.A. 1
Johnathon 1
Jonathan 1
Thos. 1

FAQ

Newboult surname: questions and answers

How common was the Newboult surname in 1881?

In 1881, 130 people were recorded with the Newboult surname. That placed it at #16,911 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Newboult surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 150 in 2016. That gives Newboult a modern rank of #23,724.

What does the Newboult map show?

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