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UK surname

Pulleyn

In the 1881 census there were 103 people recorded with the Pulleyn surname, ranking it #19,410 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 152, ranked #23,516, down from #19,410 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Cuthbert and St Giles, Wigginton and St Pancras. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include York and Hambleton.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Pulleyn is 196 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 47.6%.

1881 census count

103

Ranked #19,410

Modern count

152

2016, ranked #23,516

Peak year

1911

196 bearers

Map years

7

1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Pulleyn had 103 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #19,410 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 152 in 2016, ranked #23,516.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 196 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Pulleyn surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Pulleyn surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Pulleyn 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 86 #18,820
1861 historical 78 #23,836
1881 historical 103 #19,410
1891 historical 137 #19,501
1901 historical 161 #17,324
1911 historical 196 #15,150
1997 modern 152 #20,948
1998 modern 154 #21,316
1999 modern 170 #20,153
2000 modern 162 #20,735
2001 modern 164 #20,279
2002 modern 178 #19,671
2003 modern 171 #19,953
2004 modern 173 #19,937
2005 modern 166 #20,379
2006 modern 159 #21,148
2007 modern 167 #20,719
2008 modern 166 #20,966
2009 modern 168 #21,290
2010 modern 167 #21,835
2011 modern 161 #22,187
2012 modern 146 #23,681
2013 modern 154 #23,210
2014 modern 159 #22,930
2015 modern 156 #23,106
2016 modern 152 #23,516

Geography

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Where Pulleyns are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Cuthbert and St Giles, Wigginton, St Pancras, St Michael-le-Belfry and St Olave Marygate and St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to York and Hambleton. 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 St Cuthbert and St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Wigginton Yorkshire, East Riding
3 St Pancras London (North Districts)
4 St Michael-le-Belfry and St Olave Marygate Yorkshire, East Riding
5 St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 York 003 York
2 York 001 York
3 York 002 York
4 York 019 York
5 Hambleton 010 Hambleton

Forenames

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First names often paired with Pulleyn

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Pulleyn

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

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Pulleyn surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Pulleyn household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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, Pulleyn 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

Pulleyn 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

Pulleyn falls in decile 10 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 Pulleyn 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Pulleyn families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Pulleyn 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 60 Pulleyns recorded in 1881 and an index of 6.03x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 60 6.03x
Middlesex 13 1.29x
Cambridgeshire 6 9.43x
Kent 6 1.75x
Somerset 5 3.09x
Surrey 4 0.82x
Buckinghamshire 2 3.29x
Essex 2 1.01x
Hertfordshire 2 2.89x
Durham 1 0.33x
Hampshire 1 0.49x
Lancashire 1 0.08x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Heworth in Yorkshire leads with 13 Pulleyns recorded in 1881 and an index of 5000.00x.

Place Total Index
Heworth 13 5000.00x
St Pancras London 10 12.37x
Gate Fulford 9 387.93x
Clifton In York 7 336.54x
Great Shelford 6 1818.18x
Wigginton 6 4285.71x
York St Maurice 6 320.86x
Folkestone 5 75.19x
Haselbury Plucknett 5 2500.00x
Leeds 5 8.89x
Monkton Moor 4 4444.44x
Lambeth 3 3.42x
York St Michael 3 2142.86x
Chelmsford 2 58.82x
Hackney London 2 3.55x
Haxby 2 1052.63x
Hitchin 2 63.90x
West Wycombe 2 243.90x
Bishopthorpe 1 526.32x
Canterbury St Mary 1 43.48x
Caterham 1 46.30x
Gateshead 1 4.47x
Idsworth 1 714.29x
Manchester 1 1.87x
Manningham 1 8.16x
Mile End Old Town 1 6.31x
Northallerton 1 78.74x
York St Giles In 1 106.38x
York St Mary 1 24.27x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 7
Elizabeth 5
Ann 3
Emma 3
Alice 2
Ellen 2
Harriet 2
Henrietta 2
Louisa 2
Agnes 1
Bessie 1
Edith 1
Eliz.M. 1
Eliza 1
Emily 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Harriett 1
Helen 1
Jane 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
Maria 1
Maud 1
Maude 1
Minnie 1
Rebecca 1
Rosey 1
Sarah 1
Sophy 1
Susanah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 6
John 6
Edward 5
Robert 4
James 3
Thomas 3
William 3
Frederick 2
Harry 2
Henry 2
Herbert 2
Alf.Ed. 1
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Jas. 1
Jonathan 1
Paul 1
Percy 1
Reginald 1
Wilfred 1
Wm. 1
Wm.Henry 1

FAQ

Pulleyn surname: questions and answers

How common was the Pulleyn surname in 1881?

In 1881, 103 people were recorded with the Pulleyn surname. That placed it at #19,410 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Pulleyn surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 152 in 2016. That gives Pulleyn a modern rank of #23,516.

What does the Pulleyn map show?

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