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UK surname

Rampton

A topographic surname indicating someone who lived near a raven-populated enclosure.

In the 1881 census there were 344 people recorded with the Rampton surname, ranking it #8,864 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 564, ranked #9,103, down from #8,864 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Binsted and Battersea. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Basingstoke and Deane and Colchester.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Rampton is 652 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 64.0%.

1881 census count

344

Ranked #8,864

Modern count

564

2016, ranked #9,103

Peak year

2000

652 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Rampton had 344 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,864 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 564 in 2016, ranked #9,103.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 509 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Rampton surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Rampton surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Rampton 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 192 #10,756
1861 historical 265 #9,355
1881 historical 344 #8,864
1891 historical 378 #9,277
1901 historical 447 #8,746
1911 historical 509 #7,732
1997 modern 624 #7,925
1998 modern 650 #7,904
1999 modern 647 #7,979
2000 modern 652 #7,916
2001 modern 628 #7,995
2002 modern 609 #8,368
2003 modern 593 #8,407
2004 modern 593 #8,419
2005 modern 567 #8,608
2006 modern 557 #8,729
2007 modern 552 #8,883
2008 modern 545 #9,029
2009 modern 560 #9,042
2010 modern 571 #9,096
2011 modern 579 #8,924
2012 modern 600 #8,610
2013 modern 613 #8,599
2014 modern 595 #8,857
2015 modern 566 #9,096
2016 modern 564 #9,103

Geography

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Where Ramptons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Binsted, Battersea and Tadley. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Basingstoke and Deane and Colchester. 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 London parishes London 1
2 Binsted Hampshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Battersea London (South Districts)
5 Tadley Hampshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Basingstoke and Deane 020 Basingstoke and Deane
2 Basingstoke and Deane 004 Basingstoke and Deane
3 Basingstoke and Deane 001 Basingstoke and Deane
4 Basingstoke and Deane 017 Basingstoke and Deane
5 Colchester 018 Colchester

Forenames

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First names often paired with Rampton

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Rampton

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Rampton, 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 Rampton surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Rampton 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

Established Homeowners with Children

Within London, Rampton is most associated with areas classed as Established Homeowners with Children, 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 predominantly British-born residents are typically married/in civil partnerships and own the properties in which they are raising their children. Parents are typically over 45, and many other residents are beyond normal retirement age. Detached and semi-detached houses predominate and multiple car ownership is common.

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

Rampton 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

Rampton falls in decile 7 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 Rampton 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

Meaning and origin of Rampton

The surname Rampton is of English origin, derived from a place name in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire. It is believed to have originated from the Old English words 'ram' meaning a ram or male sheep, and 'tun' meaning an enclosure or farmstead.

The earliest recorded mention of the name is found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as 'Ramentone' and 'Ramingtune', referring to settlements in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire. This suggests that the name has been in use since at least the 11th century.

In the 13th century, the name was recorded as 'Rampton' in various legal documents and records, including the Feet of Fines for Cambridgeshire in 1212 and the Curia Regis Rolls of 1221.

One notable early bearer of the name was Sir Thomas Rampton, a member of the English Parliament who lived in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. He was born around 1360 and served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridgeshire in 1395 and 1399.

Another significant figure was Sir John Rampton, a prominent English landowner and military commander during the Wars of the Roses. He was born around 1420 and fought for the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Towton in 1461.

In the 16th century, the name was associated with the village of Rampton in Nottinghamshire, which was once a manor belonging to the Rampton family. A notable resident was Sir Robert Rampton, who served as Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1549.

During the English Civil War in the 17th century, Colonel Thomas Rampton was a Royalist officer who fought for King Charles I. He was born around 1600 and was killed in action at the Battle of Naseby in 1645.

In the 18th century, the Reverend Thomas Rampton, born in 1736, was a notable Church of England clergyman and author who published several works on theology and philosophy.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Rampton families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Rampton 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. Hampshire leads with 145 Ramptons recorded in 1881 and an index of 20.78x.

County Total Index
Hampshire 145 20.78x
Surrey 61 3.68x
Middlesex 44 1.29x
Berkshire 22 8.61x
Sussex 20 3.48x
Kent 19 1.64x
Buckinghamshire 7 3.40x
Derbyshire 7 1.31x
Channel Islands 5 4.96x
Somerset 5 0.91x
Warwickshire 5 0.58x
Suffolk 3 0.72x
Hertfordshire 2 0.85x
Lancashire 2 0.05x
Essex 1 0.15x
Northamptonshire 1 0.31x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Tadley in Hampshire leads with 32 Ramptons recorded in 1881 and an index of 2689.08x.

Place Total Index
Tadley 32 2689.08x
Farnham 21 162.79x
Battersea 17 13.57x
Bishops Sutton 15 3000.00x
Kensington London 13 6.87x
Bentley 12 1463.41x
Brighton 11 9.50x
Basingstoke 10 124.53x
Binsted 10 375.94x
St Pancras London 10 3.65x
Whitchurch 9 407.24x
Lewisham 8 12.92x
West Dean 8 941.18x
Farnborough 7 95.50x
Kingsclere 7 219.44x
Lambeth 7 2.36x
Tilehurst 7 135.66x
Isleworth 6 39.66x
Medmenham 6 1538.46x
Reading St Giles 6 23.93x
Freefolk Manor 5 2941.18x
Old Alresford 5 877.19x
St Peter Port 5 26.80x
Thruxton 5 1351.35x
Wantage 5 122.85x
Barnes 4 56.98x
Eckington 4 30.89x
Friern Barnet 4 53.33x
Lyncombe Widcombe 4 27.87x
Mortimer 4 327.87x
North Cray 4 540.54x
Odiham 4 130.72x
Richmond 4 17.21x
Alcester 3 106.01x
Alton 3 57.03x
East Stratton 3 750.00x
Hitcham 3 285.71x
Repton 3 149.25x
Andover 2 30.35x
Aston 2 0.85x
Camberwell 2 0.92x
Chatham 2 6.26x
Froyle 2 224.72x
Fulham London 2 4.05x
Horton Kirby 2 111.11x
Newnham 2 476.19x
Northington 2 540.54x
St George In East 2 8.64x
Staines 2 37.11x
Aldershot 1 4.28x
Bermondsey 1 0.99x
Chelsea London 1 0.97x
Croydon 1 1.09x
Dartford 1 8.42x
Ealing 1 3.29x
Eastbourne 1 3.79x
Elvetham 1 181.82x
Finchley 1 7.66x
Frensham 1 40.98x
Great Horkesley 1 107.53x
Great Marlow 1 18.02x
Hammersmith London 1 1.19x
Hartley Mauditt 1 833.33x
Hartley Wintney 1 47.62x
Headley 1 250.00x
Kingston On Thames 1 2.51x
Liverpool 1 0.41x
Micheldever 1 82.64x
Midsomer Norton 1 19.38x
Millbrook 1 5.69x
Northampton Priory St 1 5.21x
Rickmansworth 1 15.48x
St Faith Winchester 1 30.77x
St George Hanover 1 2.25x
St Maurice Winchester 1 34.48x
Watford 1 5.50x
Wherwell 1 158.73x
Whittingham 1 56.18x
Woking 1 10.00x
Woolwich 1 2.33x

Top female names

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

Name Count
William 22
George 16
John 16
James 10
Thomas 10
Charles 9
Alfred 7
Henry 7
Albert 5
Frederick 5
Arthur 4
Edward 3
Ernest 3
Harry 3
Tom 3
Daniel 2
Fredrick 2
Joseph 2
Richard 2
Stephen 2
Windam 2
Alexander 1
Austin 1
Auther 1
David 1
Earl 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Fredk. 1
Herbert 1
Jesse 1
Jessie 1
Nelson 1
Rowland 1
Sidney 1
Sydney 1
Thos. 1
Walter 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Rampton surname: questions and answers

How common was the Rampton surname in 1881?

In 1881, 344 people were recorded with the Rampton surname. That placed it at #8,864 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Rampton surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 564 in 2016. That gives Rampton a modern rank of #9,103.

What does the Rampton surname mean?

A topographic surname indicating someone who lived near a raven-populated enclosure.

What does the Rampton map show?

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