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UK surname

Redmayne

In the 1881 census there were 395 people recorded with the Redmayne surname, ranking it #8,037 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 378, ranked #12,393, down from #8,037 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lancaster Borough, Giggleswick and Thornton-in-Lonsdale. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Lakeland, Ribble Valley and South Ribble.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Redmayne is 451 in 1891. Compared with 1881, the name has stayed broadly stable by 4.3%.

1881 census count

395

Ranked #8,037

Modern count

378

2016, ranked #12,393

Peak year

1891

451 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Redmayne had 395 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,037 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 378 in 2016, ranked #12,393.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 451 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Redmayne surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Redmayne surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Redmayne 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 289 #7,860
1861 historical 307 #8,262
1881 historical 395 #8,037
1891 historical 451 #8,062
1901 historical 435 #8,922
1911 historical 430 #8,804
1997 modern 356 #12,021
1998 modern 367 #12,121
1999 modern 376 #11,979
2000 modern 380 #11,837
2001 modern 367 #11,968
2002 modern 363 #12,296
2003 modern 348 #12,452
2004 modern 337 #12,818
2005 modern 340 #12,642
2006 modern 344 #12,600
2007 modern 352 #12,546
2008 modern 356 #12,534
2009 modern 367 #12,501
2010 modern 377 #12,529
2011 modern 379 #12,343
2012 modern 362 #12,615
2013 modern 370 #12,626
2014 modern 377 #12,535
2015 modern 380 #12,364
2016 modern 378 #12,393

Geography

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Where Redmaynes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lancaster Borough, Giggleswick, Thornton-in-Lonsdale, Preston and Horton-in-Ribblesdale. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Lakeland, Ribble Valley, South Ribble and Hyndburn. 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 Lancaster Borough Lancashire
2 Giggleswick Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Thornton-in-Lonsdale Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Preston Lancashire
5 Horton-in-Ribblesdale Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Lakeland 010 South Lakeland
2 Ribble Valley 003 Ribble Valley
3 Ribble Valley 006 Ribble Valley
4 South Ribble 002 South Ribble
5 Hyndburn 004 Hyndburn

Forenames

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First names often paired with Redmayne

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Redmayne

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

European Enclaves

Within London, Redmayne is most associated with areas classed as European Enclaves, 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

Many residents of these accessible neighbourhoods have wide-ranging non-UK European origins. Typically residing in privately rented flats, many residents live alone and are beyond normal retirement age. There are more students than elsewhere in the Supergroup, some of which live in communal establishments. Household residents are often drawn from different ethnic groups.

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

Redmayne is most concentrated in decile 3 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

Redmayne falls in decile 8 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 Redmayne 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 Redmayne, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Redmayne families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Redmayne 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. Lancashire leads with 174 Redmaynes recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.80x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 174 3.80x
Yorkshire 133 3.47x
Surrey 20 1.06x
Cheshire 12 1.41x
Durham 12 1.04x
Westmorland 11 12.96x
Cumberland 7 2.10x
Norfolk 6 1.01x
Worcestershire 6 1.19x
Northumberland 4 0.70x
Staffordshire 4 0.31x
Middlesex 2 0.05x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.41x
Derbyshire 1 0.17x
Hampshire 1 0.13x
Hertfordshire 1 0.38x
Northamptonshire 1 0.28x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Preston in Lancashire leads with 18 Redmaynes recorded in 1881 and an index of 14.68x.

Place Total Index
Preston 18 14.68x
Pudsey 16 78.20x
Great Little Marsden 14 66.67x
Lancaster 14 51.34x
Settle 14 477.82x
Grimsargh With 12 2448.98x
Accrington 11 26.40x
Burton In Lonsdale 11 1325.30x
Clitheroe 11 81.54x
Blackburn 10 8.20x
Ingleton 10 465.12x
Gateshead 9 10.46x
Austwick 8 1269.84x
Bermondsey 8 6.96x
Livesey 8 99.50x
Strickland Roger 8 1403.51x
Chorley 7 27.22x
Cummersdale 7 619.47x
Horton In Ribblesdale 7 1000.00x
Liscard 7 45.57x
Over Darwen 7 19.12x
Spotland 7 13.74x
Toxteth Park 7 4.51x
Chorlton On Medlock 6 8.24x
Hawkshead Monk Coniston 6 375.00x
Heigham 6 18.82x
Hunslet 6 10.05x
Manchester 6 2.91x
Southwark St George Martyr 6 7.72x
Camberwell 5 2.03x
Flasby Cum Winterburn 5 2941.18x
Harvington 5 769.23x
Kirkby Malham 5 2631.58x
Chorley In Macclesfield 4 153.85x
Ecclesall Bierlow 4 5.14x
Kimberworth 4 18.82x
Tong 4 54.13x
Bentham 3 102.74x
Birkdale 3 25.86x
Broughton In Salford 3 7.16x
Chorlton 3 600.00x
Dewsbury 3 7.64x
Elswick 3 6.54x
Headingley Cum Burley 3 12.18x
Little Bolton 3 5.09x
Pennington In Ulverston 3 131.58x
Skerton 3 79.79x
Slaidburn 3 454.55x
Waddington 3 508.47x
Westoe 3 4.60x
Armley 2 11.85x
Barrowford Booth 2 39.45x
Clapham Cum Newby 2 224.72x
Gisburn 2 285.71x
Gomersal 2 11.19x
Hetton 2 1538.46x
Hoghton 2 172.41x
Horton In Bradford 2 3.35x
Kendal 2 12.87x
Kensington London 2 0.93x
Mirfield 2 9.51x
Rotherham 2 9.27x
Scotforth 2 67.11x
Skipton 2 16.60x
Byker 1 3.52x
Clayton Le Moors 1 11.25x
Egton Cum Newland 1 75.19x
Fishwick 1 35.21x
Great Malvern 1 9.50x
Halton Gill 1 909.09x
Holdenhurst 1 4.81x
Kildwick 1 28.65x
Little Hulton 1 13.18x
Lymm 1 16.13x
Potter Newton 1 14.81x
St Marythe Great 1 126.58x
Stretford 1 3.97x
Swynnerton 1 97.09x
Wavertree 1 6.82x
Whittington 1 217.39x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 40
Jane 14
Margaret 14
Alice 10
Annie 10
Elizabeth 9
Ellen 8
Ann 7
Sarah 7
Isabella 6
Martha 5
Emma 4
Hannah 4
Amelia 3
Eliza 3
Agnes 2
Amy 2
Caroline 2
Edith 2
Esther 2
Florence 2
Jessie 2
Margret 2
Margt. 2
Rachel 2
Selina 2
Anne 1
Barbra 1
Blanch 1
Blanche 1
Catherine 1
Daisy 1
Dora 1
Dorothy 1
Elizh. 1
Elsie 1
Eunice 1
Evangeline 1
Frances 1
Isabel 1
Jessy 1
Katherine 1
Kathleen 1
Lettice 1
Louisa 1
Lydia 1
Magaret 1
Maria 1
Maud 1
Winifred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 38
Thomas 27
William 20
Robert 15
James 8
Richard 8
George 5
Marmaduke 5
Leonard 4
Samuel 4
Alexander 3
Anthony 3
Charles 3
Ernest 3
Henry 3
Albert 2
Francis 2
Herbert 2
Joseph 2
Lawrence 2
Thos. 2
Alex 1
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Christopher 1
Edwd. 1
Elijah 1
Enoch 1
Ephraim 1
Foster 1
Frank 1
Giles 1
Harold 1
Heber 1
Isaac 1
Jos. 1
Joshua 1
Martin 1
Moses 1
Percy 1
Reginald 1
Rennie 1
Sam 1
Sammy 1
Septimus 1
Seymour 1
Tanshall 1
Thos 1
Walter 1
Willie 1

FAQ

Redmayne surname: questions and answers

How common was the Redmayne surname in 1881?

In 1881, 395 people were recorded with the Redmayne surname. That placed it at #8,037 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Redmayne surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 378 in 2016. That gives Redmayne a modern rank of #12,393.

What does the Redmayne map show?

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