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UK surname

Rimmington

In the 1881 census there were 611 people recorded with the Rimmington surname, ranking it #5,748 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 855, ranked #6,547, down from #5,748 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hull Holy Trinity, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard and Hatfield, Fishlake, Thorne, Crowle (Eastoft). In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wakefield, Barnsley and South Kesteven.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Rimmington is 918 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 39.9%.

1881 census count

611

Ranked #5,748

Modern count

855

2016, ranked #6,547

Peak year

1999

918 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Rimmington had 611 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #5,748 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 855 in 2016, ranked #6,547.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 821 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Rimmington surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Rimmington surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Rimmington 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 312 #7,397
1861 historical 347 #7,357
1881 historical 611 #5,748
1891 historical 591 #6,465
1901 historical 762 #5,863
1911 historical 821 #5,364
1997 modern 892 #6,001
1998 modern 914 #6,080
1999 modern 918 #6,109
2000 modern 894 #6,206
2001 modern 881 #6,170
2002 modern 891 #6,228
2003 modern 828 #6,466
2004 modern 844 #6,386
2005 modern 802 #6,605
2006 modern 818 #6,500
2007 modern 823 #6,540
2008 modern 816 #6,629
2009 modern 866 #6,478
2010 modern 881 #6,506
2011 modern 868 #6,508
2012 modern 860 #6,469
2013 modern 881 #6,454
2014 modern 872 #6,524
2015 modern 857 #6,559
2016 modern 855 #6,547

Geography

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Where Rimmingtons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hull Holy Trinity, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, Hatfield, Fishlake, Thorne, Crowle (Eastoft), West Halton, Burton-on-Stather, Flixborough (Crosby) and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wakefield, Barnsley and South Kesteven. 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 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard Nottinghamshire
3 Hatfield, Fishlake, Thorne, Crowle (Eastoft) Yorkshire, West Riding
4 West Halton, Burton-on-Stather, Flixborough (Crosby) Lincolnshire
5 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wakefield 044 Wakefield
2 Barnsley 004 Barnsley
3 South Kesteven 007 South Kesteven
4 Barnsley 005 Barnsley
5 Barnsley 012 Barnsley

Forenames

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First names often paired with Rimmington

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Rimmington

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

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

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

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Rimmington 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

Rimmington is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

Rimmington falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Rimmington is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Rimmington, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Rimmington families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Rimmington 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 178 Rimmingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.00x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 178 3.00x
Lincolnshire 125 13.07x
Leicestershire 69 10.41x
Lancashire 60 0.85x
Nottinghamshire 35 4.34x
Middlesex 29 0.48x
Derbyshire 28 2.99x
Surrey 23 0.79x
Durham 11 0.62x
Northamptonshire 9 1.60x
Rutland 7 15.94x
Suffolk 7 0.96x
Hampshire 6 0.49x
Essex 5 0.42x
Kent 5 0.25x
Cheshire 4 0.30x
Cornwall 2 0.30x
Somerset 2 0.21x
Staffordshire 2 0.10x
Stirlingshire 2 0.91x
Channel Islands 1 0.56x
Cumberland 1 0.19x
Sussex 1 0.10x
Wiltshire 1 0.19x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Attercliffe Cum Darnall in Yorkshire leads with 16 Rimmingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 28.99x.

Place Total Index
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 16 28.99x
Lubenham 15 1239.67x
Holy Trinity 14 9.82x
Epworth 13 291.48x
Arnold 10 84.96x
Belgrave 10 66.84x
Hunslet 10 10.82x
Selby 10 80.78x
Battersea 9 4.09x
Bradford 9 6.27x
Brightside Bierlow 9 7.74x
Newbold Dunston 9 101.12x
Staveley 9 54.15x
Blackburn 8 4.24x
Burgh In Marsh 8 343.35x
Eccleston In Prescot 8 22.46x
Gateshead 8 6.01x
Hulme 8 5.40x
Kirk Deighton 8 1111.11x
Leicester St Mary 8 14.93x
Lofthouse Cum Carlton 8 110.80x
Potter Newton 8 76.56x
Spittlegate 8 60.47x
Spotland 8 10.14x
Crosby Gunness West 7 1428.57x
Denton 7 625.00x
Islington London 7 1.21x
Sapperton 7 2413.79x
Southwark St Saviour 7 22.78x
Burnley 6 10.04x
Grantham 6 48.15x
Great Gonerby 6 243.90x
Knodishall 6 652.17x
Leeds 6 1.79x
Manthorpe Cum Little 6 82.08x
Sculcoates 6 6.39x
Skipton 6 32.17x
Sproxton 6 869.57x
St Pancras London 6 1.25x
Thorne 6 81.63x
Bethnal Green London 5 1.92x
Bottesford 5 183.82x
Colsterworth 5 247.52x
Darton 5 82.37x
Droylsden 5 21.60x
Greetham 5 420.17x
Horton In Bradford 5 5.40x
Little Bytham 5 793.65x
Sewstern 5 1219.51x
Sutton On Trent 5 252.53x
Walkeringham 5 344.83x
West Ham 5 1.92x
Ancaster 4 298.51x
Bingley 4 10.60x
Bitchfield 4 1176.47x
Derby All Sts 4 51.15x
Habergham Eaves 4 6.17x
Hedon 4 201.01x
Horsforth 4 30.79x
Kingston On Thames 4 5.72x
Knighton 4 106.95x
Leicester St Margaret 4 2.47x
Manningham 4 5.48x
North Bierley 4 12.50x
Portsea 4 1.67x
Salford 4 1.92x
Somerby In Grantham 4 164.61x
St Swithin Lincoln 4 26.61x
Barnsley 3 4.91x
Bowling 3 5.11x
Bury 3 3.70x
Crowle 3 51.55x
Eastwood 3 41.61x
Great Ponton 3 306.12x
Selston 3 33.33x
St George Hanover 3 3.84x
St Peterat Gowts Lincoln 3 22.30x
Wadworth 3 256.41x
Waltham On The Wolds 3 245.90x
Worsbrough 3 17.28x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 33
Sarah 24
Elizabeth 22
Ann 14
Ellen 13
Harriet 12
Annie 11
Emma 11
Jane 10
Eliza 8
Maria 8
Florence 7
Alice 6
Clara 6
Margaret 6
Agnes 5
Edith 5
Lucy 5
Ada 4
Emily 4
Martha 4
Amelia 3
Charlotte 3
Eleanor 3
Frances 3
Hannah 3
Bertha 2
C. 2
Fanny 2
Gertrude 2
Helena 2
Laura 2
Louisa 2
Matilda 2
Minnie 2
Rebecca 2
Rose 2
Sophia 2
Susanna 2
Anna 1
Cicley 1
Eliz. 1
Elizth. 1
Florance 1
Jemima 1
Jessie 1
Johanna 1
Kate 1
Lala 1
Letty 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 35
John 34
George 27
Thomas 20
Robert 18
Charles 15
Edward 13
James 12
Francis 11
Henry 11
Richard 9
Walter 8
Arthur 7
Herbert 7
Frederick 6
Alfred 5
Fred 5
Harry 5
Samuel 4
Edwin 3
Alf 2
Felix 2
Jesse 2
Joseph 2
Leonard 2
Tom 2
B. 1
Bob 1
Caleb 1
Corbe 1
Cornelius 1
Dick 1
Edw. 1
Eli 1
Elizabeth 1
Ernest 1
F. 1
Frank 1
Fredric 1
Fredrick 1
Hedley 1
Horatio 1
Infant 1
J. 1
Jno. 1
Lawrence 1
Lewis 1
Lincoln 1
Mark 1
Wm.B. 1

FAQ

Rimmington surname: questions and answers

How common was the Rimmington surname in 1881?

In 1881, 611 people were recorded with the Rimmington surname. That placed it at #5,748 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Rimmington surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 855 in 2016. That gives Rimmington a modern rank of #6,547.

What does the Rimmington map show?

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