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UK surname

Rushby

In the 1881 census there were 497 people recorded with the Rushby surname, ranking it #6,805 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 902, ranked #6,292, up from #6,805 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Binbrook St Mary and St Gabriel, Orford, Clee and Doncaster. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bassetlaw, North East Lincolnshire and West Lindsey.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Rushby is 1,000 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 81.5%.

1881 census count

497

Ranked #6,805

Modern count

902

2016, ranked #6,292

Peak year

1998

1,000 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Rushby had 497 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,805 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 902 in 2016, ranked #6,292.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 837 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Rushby surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Rushby surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Rushby 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 277 #9,025
1881 historical 497 #6,805
1891 historical 619 #6,244
1901 historical 705 #6,248
1911 historical 837 #5,283
1997 modern 963 #5,658
1998 modern 1,000 #5,674
1999 modern 981 #5,800
2000 modern 978 #5,798
2001 modern 944 #5,853
2002 modern 944 #5,958
2003 modern 949 #5,838
2004 modern 926 #5,947
2005 modern 897 #6,045
2006 modern 904 #6,019
2007 modern 924 #5,965
2008 modern 935 #5,954
2009 modern 956 #5,972
2010 modern 959 #6,080
2011 modern 918 #6,232
2012 modern 887 #6,314
2013 modern 913 #6,284
2014 modern 916 #6,292
2015 modern 908 #6,293
2016 modern 902 #6,292

Geography

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Where Rushbys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Binbrook St Mary and St Gabriel, Orford, Clee, Doncaster, Batley and Sheffield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bassetlaw, North East Lincolnshire, West Lindsey, Newark and Sherwood and South Derbyshire. 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 Binbrook St Mary and St Gabriel, Orford Lincolnshire
2 Clee Lincolnshire
3 Doncaster Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bassetlaw 015 Bassetlaw
2 North East Lincolnshire 014 North East Lincolnshire
3 West Lindsey 011 West Lindsey
4 Newark and Sherwood 003 Newark and Sherwood
5 South Derbyshire 002 South Derbyshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Rushby

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Rushby

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Rushby is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support 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

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

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

Rushby is most concentrated in decile 6 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

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

1881 census detail

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Rushby families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Rushby 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. Lincolnshire leads with 199 Rushbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.67x.

County Total Index
Lincolnshire 199 25.67x
Yorkshire 171 3.56x
Nottinghamshire 56 8.57x
Lancashire 20 0.35x
Derbyshire 12 1.58x
Surrey 12 0.51x
Berkshire 7 1.92x
Durham 5 0.35x
Middlesex 4 0.08x
Northamptonshire 3 0.66x
Staffordshire 3 0.18x
Hampshire 2 0.20x
Kent 1 0.06x
Leicestershire 1 0.19x
Northumberland 1 0.14x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Great Grimsby in Lincolnshire leads with 60 Rushbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 121.95x.

Place Total Index
Great Grimsby 60 121.95x
Sheffield 28 18.31x
Brightside Bierlow 24 25.47x
Morley 13 52.04x
Kexby 9 1666.67x
Linthorpe 9 31.39x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 8 17.87x
Binbrooke 8 414.51x
Doncaster 8 22.79x
Ecclesall Bierlow 8 8.19x
Headingley Cum Burley 8 25.87x
Nether Hallam 8 12.31x
Skelton In Guisbrough 8 61.54x
Toxteth Park 8 4.11x
Toynton St Peter 8 1454.55x
Ecclesfield 7 19.88x
Eckington 7 37.96x
Farndon 7 603.45x
Holme On Spalding Moor 7 222.22x
Lambeth 7 1.66x
Laxton 7 875.00x
Leake 7 197.18x
Liverpool 7 2.00x
North Ormsby 7 2333.33x
Raithby In Louth 7 2500.00x
Reading St Giles 7 19.61x
Ruskington 7 353.54x
Askham 6 1666.67x
Batley 6 13.14x
Laughton En Le Morthen 6 540.54x
Norwell 6 882.35x
Waltham 6 487.80x
Bradfield 5 27.00x
Everton 5 458.72x
Fulstow 5 537.63x
Hainton 5 1000.00x
Kirkmond Le Mire 5 2173.91x
Kirton 5 2380.95x
Ludborough 5 862.07x
Marsh Chapel 5 526.32x
Muggleswick 5 357.14x
Sturton Bransby 5 467.29x
Derby St Alkmund 4 17.58x
East Retford 4 70.55x
Everton 4 2.18x
Kettlethorpe 4 975.61x
Leeds 4 1.47x
Scotter 4 224.72x
South Collingham 4 310.08x
Stoke D Abernon 4 579.71x
Utterby 4 869.57x
Dorrington 3 454.55x
Egmanton 3 769.23x
Gainsborough 3 16.42x
Halton Holegate 3 361.45x
Legsby 3 535.71x
Sixhills 3 1034.48x
South Kelsey 3 294.12x
West Haddon 3 202.70x
Bardney 2 86.58x
Burgh In Marsh 2 105.82x
Clerkenwell London 2 1.75x
Epworth 2 55.40x
Halifax 2 2.84x
Heeley 2 13.70x
Louth 2 11.26x
Wolverhampton 2 1.59x
Bevercoates 1 2000.00x
Croft 1 79.37x
Glentham 1 147.06x
Grainsby 1 400.00x
Harthill Cum Woodall 1 54.35x
Headon Cum Upton 1 270.27x
Mexborough 1 10.48x
Midville 1 294.12x
North Collingham 1 64.94x
Tanshelf 1 26.04x
Thorpe St Peter 1 105.26x
Tinsley 1 59.52x
Warmsworth 1 144.93x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 39
Sarah 20
Elizabeth 14
Hannah 14
Jane 11
Alice 9
Annie 9
Ann 8
Charlotte 8
Eliza 7
Emma 6
Harriet 6
Ada 5
Ellen 4
Emily 4
Lucy 4
Betsy 3
Fanny 3
Louisa 3
Maria 3
Susan 3
Edith 2
Frances 2
Grace 2
Julia 2
Margaret 2
Martha 2
Polly 2
Rebecca 2
Rose 2
Agnes 1
Ani 1
Caroline 1
Catharine 1
Catherine 1
Clara 1
Elizeth. 1
Ester 1
Etheluzn 1
Flora 1
Georgina 1
Helen 1
June 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Lavinia 1
Lilly 1
Lily 1
Lorrana 1
Thirza 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 40
William 39
George 34
Thomas 17
James 14
Charles 11
Joseph 10
Richard 9
Harry 7
Henry 7
Frederick 5
Tom 4
Albert 3
Alfred 3
David 3
Edward 3
Fred 3
Herbert 3
Robert 3
Walter 3
Arthur 2
Benjamin 2
Frank 2
Geo. 2
Samuel 2
Thos. 2
Willie 2
Carter 1
Christopher 1
Claude 1
Collin 1
Edwin 1
Elliot 1
Francis 1
Fredk. 1
Harold 1
Hugh 1
Jas. 1
Jesse 1
Jno. 1
Job 1
Mary 1
Michael 1
Valentine 1
Wesel 1
Willm. 1
Willy 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Rushby surname: questions and answers

How common was the Rushby surname in 1881?

In 1881, 497 people were recorded with the Rushby surname. That placed it at #6,805 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Rushby surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 902 in 2016. That gives Rushby a modern rank of #6,292.

What does the Rushby map show?

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