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UK surname

Rabone

In the 1881 census there were 279 people recorded with the Rabone surname, ranking it #10,230 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 383, ranked #12,269, down from #10,230 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolverhampton, Yardley and Old Monkland. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Solihull, Hinckley and Bosworth and Townhead.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Rabone is 413 in 2013. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 37.3%.

1881 census count

279

Ranked #10,230

Modern count

383

2016, ranked #12,269

Peak year

2013

413 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Rabone had 279 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,230 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 383 in 2016, ranked #12,269.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 335 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Rabone surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Rabone surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Rabone 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 135 #13,964
1861 historical 141 #16,072
1881 historical 279 #10,230
1891 historical 273 #11,918
1901 historical 306 #11,494
1911 historical 335 #10,584
1997 modern 379 #11,447
1998 modern 387 #11,640
1999 modern 393 #11,602
2000 modern 390 #11,623
2001 modern 382 #11,606
2002 modern 380 #11,887
2003 modern 372 #11,881
2004 modern 357 #12,272
2005 modern 349 #12,390
2006 modern 364 #12,106
2007 modern 364 #12,237
2008 modern 364 #12,328
2009 modern 366 #12,534
2010 modern 388 #12,271
2011 modern 399 #11,882
2012 modern 402 #11,683
2013 modern 413 #11,639
2014 modern 410 #11,788
2015 modern 391 #12,113
2016 modern 383 #12,269

Geography

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Where Rabones are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wolverhampton, Yardley, Old Monkland, Birmingham Town: Birmingham and Birmingham Town: Aston. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Solihull, Hinckley and Bosworth, Townhead, Walsall and Telford and Wrekin. 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 Wolverhampton Staffordshire
2 Yardley Warwickshire
3 Old Monkland Lanark
4 Birmingham Town: Birmingham Warwickshire
5 Birmingham Town: Aston Warwickshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Solihull 028 Solihull
2 Hinckley and Bosworth 004 Hinckley and Bosworth
3 Townhead North Lanarkshire
4 Walsall 039 Walsall
5 Telford and Wrekin 002 Telford and Wrekin

Forenames

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First names often paired with Rabone

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Rabone

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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Rabone surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Rabone household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Rabone 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

Rabone is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Rabone 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 Rabone 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 Rabone, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Rabone families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Rabone 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. Warwickshire leads with 120 Rabones recorded in 1881 and an index of 17.36x.

County Total Index
Warwickshire 120 17.36x
Staffordshire 67 7.24x
Worcestershire 37 10.34x
Lanarkshire 18 2.03x
Middlesex 14 0.51x
Cumberland 7 2.97x
Bedfordshire 4 2.82x
Leicestershire 4 1.32x
Lancashire 3 0.09x
Surrey 2 0.15x
Aberdeenshire 1 0.39x
Hampshire 1 0.18x
Royal Navy 1 3.06x
Sussex 1 0.22x
Yorkshire 1 0.04x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Aston in Warwickshire leads with 52 Rabones recorded in 1881 and an index of 27.32x.

Place Total Index
Aston 52 27.32x
Birmingham 42 18.23x
Old Monkland 18 51.17x
Bidford 14 945.95x
Handsworth 14 61.38x
Wednesbury 13 56.23x
Tipton 11 38.83x
Edgbaston 10 46.66x
Harborne 10 33.73x
Yardley 10 109.17x
Farley 8 1818.18x
Kings Norton 8 24.92x
Workington 7 51.81x
Islington London 6 2.26x
Tardebigg 6 1090.91x
St Pancras London 5 2.27x
Willenhall 5 28.85x
Bilston 4 22.31x
Leicester St Margaret 4 5.40x
Stevington 4 677.97x
Dudley 3 6.89x
Kidderminster Borough 3 14.32x
Lancaster 3 15.50x
Stourbridge 3 32.57x
Twickenham 3 25.53x
Wollaston 3 132.16x
Aberdeen St Nicholas 1 2.11x
Darfield 1 40.49x
Dodderhill 1 65.36x
Eastbourne 1 4.70x
Haseley 1 476.19x
Lambeth 1 0.42x
Portsea 1 0.91x
Reigate Foreign 1 6.92x
Rowley Regis 1 3.88x
Royal Navy 1 3.58x
Stafford St Mary 1 7.63x
Sutton Coldfield 1 13.76x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Sarah 10
Mary 9
Annie 7
Elizabeth 7
Louisa 7
Jane 6
Ada 5
Ann 5
Eliza 5
Ellen 4
Emma 4
Florence 4
Alice 3
Clara 3
Esther 3
Fanny 3
Amelia 2
Catherine 2
Emily 2
Harriet 2
Lousia 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Rhoda 2
Rosa 2
Amanda 1
Amy 1
Bertha 1
Caroline 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Ena 1
Eunice 1
Francis 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Hester 1
Jeanette 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Leah 1
Linder 1
Lucy 1
Margaret 1
May 1
Myra 1
Naomi 1
Nora 1
Polly 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
Thomas 13
George 12
William 12
John 11
James 10
Charles 7
Albert 5
Alfred 5
Henry 5
Samuel 5
Joseph 4
Walter 4
Edward 3
Harry 3
Richard 3
Ernest 2
Frank 2
Thos. 2
A.F. 1
Alec 1
Alexander 1
Arthur 1
Benjamin 1
Clement 1
Edwd. 1
Eli 1
Frances 1
Frederick 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Hervey 1
Howard 1
Huaser 1
Jos. 1
Leonard 1
Louis 1
Micheal 1
Roland 1
Saml. 1
Simeon 1
Steven 1
Thos.W. 1
Will. 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Rabone surname: questions and answers

How common was the Rabone surname in 1881?

In 1881, 279 people were recorded with the Rabone surname. That placed it at #10,230 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Rabone surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 383 in 2016. That gives Rabone a modern rank of #12,269.

What does the Rabone map show?

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