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UK surname

Rawlingson

In the 1881 census there were 191 people recorded with the Rawlingson surname, ranking it #13,224 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 159, ranked #22,798, down from #13,224 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Rickmansworth and Great and Little Totham, Goldhanger, Heybridge, Tolleshunt Major, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Dar. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stoke-on-Trent, Harrogate and Havering.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Rawlingson is 226 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 16.8%.

1881 census count

191

Ranked #13,224

Modern count

159

2016, ranked #22,798

Peak year

1911

226 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Rawlingson had 191 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,224 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 159 in 2016, ranked #22,798.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 226 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Rawlingson surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Rawlingson surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Rawlingson 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 58 #22,928
1861 historical 134 #16,754
1881 historical 191 #13,224
1891 historical 168 #16,937
1901 historical 176 #16,401
1911 historical 226 #13,840
1997 modern 146 #21,494
1998 modern 174 #19,729
1999 modern 174 #19,870
2000 modern 173 #19,889
2001 modern 170 #19,838
2002 modern 166 #20,532
2003 modern 166 #20,320
2004 modern 165 #20,530
2005 modern 171 #19,985
2006 modern 166 #20,534
2007 modern 165 #20,893
2008 modern 162 #21,350
2009 modern 160 #21,978
2010 modern 162 #22,292
2011 modern 163 #21,983
2012 modern 155 #22,762
2013 modern 160 #22,621
2014 modern 159 #22,930
2015 modern 154 #23,306
2016 modern 159 #22,798

Geography

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Where Rawlingsons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Rickmansworth, Great and Little Totham, Goldhanger, Heybridge, Tolleshunt Major, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Dar and Baddow, Great. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stoke-on-Trent, Harrogate and Havering. 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 Rickmansworth Hertfordshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Great and Little Totham, Goldhanger, Heybridge, Tolleshunt Major, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Dar Essex
5 Baddow, Great Essex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stoke-on-Trent 012 Stoke-on-Trent
2 Stoke-on-Trent 017 Stoke-on-Trent
3 Harrogate 009 Harrogate
4 Stoke-on-Trent 004 Stoke-on-Trent
5 Havering 019 Havering

Forenames

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First names often paired with Rawlingson

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Rawlingson

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

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Rawlingson surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Rawlingson 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 is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

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

Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs

Group

London Fringe

Within London, Rawlingson is most associated with areas classed as London Fringe, part of Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs. 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

Predominantly located in neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Greater London, residents of these neighbourhoods typically have their highest qualifications below degree (Level 4) level, with those still in work engaged in skilled trades and occupations in distribution, hotels and restaurants. There is low ethnic diversity in these neighbourhoods and high levels of Christian religious affiliation. Detached or terraced houses predominate, often with spare rooms.

Wider London pattern

The age distribution of these neighbourhoods is skewed towards the middle-aged and old, although few residents live alone or in communal establishments and numbers of dependent children are around average. Owner occupation is the norm, as is residence in detached or semi-detached houses. Residential densities are low and many households have spare rooms. Most residents were born in the UK and, aside from some identifying as members of Chinese or Indian ethnicities, identify as White. Mixed ethnicity households are rare. Incidence of married couples is higher than average and few individuals have never been married. A large proportion of individuals still in employment work in administrative and secretarial occupations, or in the construction industry. Few residents are students, and many households own more than one car.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Rawlingson 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

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

1881 census detail

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Rawlingson families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Rawlingson 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. Essex leads with 63 Rawlingsons recorded in 1881 and an index of 17.22x.

County Total Index
Essex 63 17.22x
Middlesex 32 1.73x
Lancashire 29 1.32x
Cambridgeshire 14 11.93x
Hertfordshire 13 10.18x
Surrey 12 1.33x
Kent 6 0.95x
Suffolk 6 2.66x
Staffordshire 5 0.80x
Hampshire 4 1.05x
Northamptonshire 3 1.72x
Durham 1 0.18x
Royal Navy 1 4.53x
Sussex 1 0.32x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Birdbrook in Essex leads with 15 Rawlingsons recorded in 1881 and an index of 4054.05x.

Place Total Index
Birdbrook 15 4054.05x
Blackburn 15 25.64x
Rickmansworth 13 369.32x
Tolleshunt Knights 13 4482.76x
Warrington 8 30.69x
Barking 7 65.42x
Islington London 7 3.90x
Shoreditch London 7 8.71x
Lambeth 6 3.71x
Poplar London 6 17.15x
Chesterton 5 138.12x
Stoke Upon Trent 5 7.54x
Bardfield Saling 4 2105.26x
Bethnal Green London 4 4.97x
Bures St Mary 4 1176.47x
Camberwell 4 3.38x
Dagenham 4 183.49x
Finchingfield 4 347.83x
Kirkby 4 449.44x
Rivenhall 4 909.09x
Westley Waterless 4 3636.36x
Greenwich 3 10.17x
Peterborough 3 23.77x
Portsea 3 4.03x
Barton 2 1000.00x
Blythburgh 2 384.62x
Inworth 2 487.80x
Maidstone 2 10.62x
Southwold 2 149.25x
Stapleford 2 555.56x
West Ham 2 2.48x
Wrentham 2 317.46x
Bromley 1 10.37x
Croydon 1 1.99x
Hackney London 1 0.96x
Halstead 1 23.42x
Hammersmith London 1 2.19x
Hastings Holy Trinity 1 43.48x
Heybridge 1 94.34x
Kensington London 1 0.97x
Leyton Low 1 13.44x
Liverpool 1 0.75x
Paddington London 1 1.47x
Portsmouth 1 11.43x
Prittlewell 1 19.72x
Royal Navy 1 5.30x
St Andrewthe Less 1 7.46x
St George Hanover 1 4.13x
St Marylebone London 1 1.01x
St Pancras London 1 0.67x
West Broughton 1 135.14x
Westminster St James 1 5.25x
Willington 1 31.35x
Windlesham 1 58.82x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 10
Sarah 10
Elizabeth 5
Jane 5
Emily 4
Alice 3
Annie 3
Eliza 3
Ellen 3
Fanny 2
Hannah 2
Harriet 2
Helen 2
Laura 2
Lydia 2
Margaret 2
Maria 2
Ada 1
Amanda 1
Amelia 1
Amy 1
Angella 1
Anne 1
Betsey 1
Caroline 1
Clara 1
Ele 1
Eleanor 1
Ellin 1
Emma 1
Esther 1
Fanney 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Hephzibah 1
Janet 1
Janie 1
Julia 1
Louisa 1
Lueza 1
Marion 1
Martha 1
Nancy 1
Phoebe 1
Rebecca 1
Rhoda 1
Rosina 1
Sophia 1
Susan 1
Sussanah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 14
Arthur 8
John 8
George 6
James 5
Robert 5
Walter 5
Edward 4
Joseph 4
Charles 3
Frederick 3
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Thomas 3
Harry 2
Henry 2
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Beniah 1
Charlie 1
David 1
Fred 1
Horace 1
Howard 1
Jubal 1
Miles 1
Peter 1
Raymond 1
Stephen 1
W. 1
Welford 1
Willie 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Rawlingson surname: questions and answers

How common was the Rawlingson surname in 1881?

In 1881, 191 people were recorded with the Rawlingson surname. That placed it at #13,224 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Rawlingson surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 159 in 2016. That gives Rawlingson a modern rank of #22,798.

What does the Rawlingson map show?

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