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UK surname

Sansome

In the 1881 census there were 450 people recorded with the Sansome surname, ranking it #7,321 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 527, ranked #9,622, down from #7,321 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, Hinckley (incl. Hydes Pastures) and Nottingham St Mary. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Oadby and Wigston, Wychavon and Southampton.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Sansome is 621 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 17.1%.

1881 census count

450

Ranked #7,321

Modern count

527

2016, ranked #9,622

Peak year

1998

621 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Sansome had 450 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,321 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 527 in 2016, ranked #9,622.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 583 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Sansome surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Sansome surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Sansome 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 201 #10,364
1861 historical 234 #10,463
1881 historical 450 #7,321
1891 historical 504 #7,377
1901 historical 583 #7,232
1911 historical 577 #7,046
1997 modern 590 #8,250
1998 modern 621 #8,190
1999 modern 619 #8,272
2000 modern 612 #8,310
2001 modern 583 #8,454
2002 modern 602 #8,442
2003 modern 571 #8,609
2004 modern 560 #8,754
2005 modern 530 #9,054
2006 modern 531 #9,063
2007 modern 526 #9,205
2008 modern 542 #9,074
2009 modern 555 #9,103
2010 modern 576 #9,036
2011 modern 558 #9,152
2012 modern 547 #9,203
2013 modern 549 #9,352
2014 modern 541 #9,517
2015 modern 533 #9,553
2016 modern 527 #9,622

Geography

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Where Sansomes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, Hinckley (incl. Hydes Pastures), Nottingham St Mary, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars and Coventry Holy Trinity (incl. Radford), Coventry St Michael, Wyken. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Oadby and Wigston, Wychavon, Southampton and Eastleigh. 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 Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard Nottinghamshire
2 Hinckley (incl. Hydes Pastures) Leicestershire
3 Nottingham St Mary Nottinghamshire
4 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
5 Coventry Holy Trinity (incl. Radford), Coventry St Michael, Wyken Warwickshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Oadby and Wigston 009 Oadby and Wigston
2 Wychavon 006 Wychavon
3 Southampton 018 Southampton
4 Oadby and Wigston 007 Oadby and Wigston
5 Eastleigh 002 Eastleigh

Forenames

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First names often paired with Sansome

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Sansome

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

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Sansome 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

Sansome 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

Sansome falls in decile 10 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Sansome 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 Sansome, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Sansome families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Sansome 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. Leicestershire leads with 80 Sansomes recorded in 1881 and an index of 16.44x.

County Total Index
Leicestershire 80 16.44x
Nottinghamshire 61 10.31x
Warwickshire 58 5.24x
Somerset 29 4.10x
Worcestershire 28 4.88x
Staffordshire 24 1.62x
Middlesex 18 0.41x
Gloucestershire 17 1.97x
Hampshire 17 1.89x
Lancashire 15 0.29x
Oxfordshire 14 5.16x
Derbyshire 13 1.89x
Huntingdonshire 10 11.47x
Devon 9 0.98x
Midlothian 9 1.53x
Buckinghamshire 8 3.01x
Dorset 8 2.78x
Glamorgan 6 0.79x
Wiltshire 6 1.55x
Shropshire 5 1.32x
Lincolnshire 4 0.57x
Surrey 4 0.19x
Yorkshire 2 0.05x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.36x
Cheshire 1 0.10x
Herefordshire 1 0.56x
Kent 1 0.07x
Suffolk 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. Sheepshed in Leicestershire leads with 21 Sansomes recorded in 1881 and an index of 314.84x.

Place Total Index
Sheepshed 21 314.84x
Leicester St Margaret 20 16.85x
Mansfield 15 73.28x
Leicester St Mary 13 33.06x
Bestwood Park 12 1142.86x
Coventry Holy Trinity 12 36.31x
Hinckley 12 103.99x
Kirkby In Ashfield 12 189.57x
Launton 11 1222.22x
Shilton 10 1612.90x
Walcot 10 26.57x
Dudley 9 12.91x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 9 3.80x
North Curry 9 375.00x
Nottingham St Mary 9 5.88x
Bilston 8 27.86x
Kidderminster Borough 8 23.85x
West Bromwich 8 9.43x
Claines 7 44.50x
Newport Pagnell 7 126.13x
Nuneaton 7 54.60x
Oadby 7 268.20x
Polesworth 7 133.08x
Portsea 7 3.97x
Radford 7 23.29x
Southampton All Sts 7 45.34x
Stanton Newhall 7 318.18x
Bethnal Green London 6 3.15x
Great Shurdington 6 1875.00x
Salford 6 3.92x
Wembury 6 722.89x
Balsall 5 289.02x
Llansamlet Higher 5 87.72x
Somersham 5 235.85x
St Marylebone London 5 2.13x
Aston 4 1.31x
Compton Chamberlayne 4 888.89x
Gloucester Kingsholm St 4 124.61x
Hulme 4 3.68x
Nether Cerne 4 2857.14x
Radford Lenton 4 272.11x
Ashchurch 3 297.03x
Birmingham 3 0.81x
Bow London 3 5.37x
Coventry St Michael 3 8.44x
Gosberton 3 96.15x
Handsworth 3 8.21x
Musbury 3 197.37x
Neithrop 3 32.93x
Norton Fitzwarren 3 303.03x
Stoke Upon Trent 3 1.91x
Taunton St Mary 3 23.13x
Buxton 2 34.36x
Colne 2 408.16x
Derby St Peter 2 9.14x
Derby St Werburgh 2 5.04x
Ecclesall Bierlow 2 2.26x
Fen Stanton 2 125.00x
Fordington 2 32.21x
Great Malvern 2 16.72x
Hodnet 2 67.57x
Kingston On Thames 2 3.89x
Lambeth 2 0.52x
Lutterworth 2 67.34x
Monkton 2 1111.11x
Shepton Mallet 2 25.22x
Shrewsbury Holy Cross 2 47.73x
Stroud 2 11.94x
Sutton In Ashfield 2 15.58x
Taunton St James 2 19.42x
Wolvey 2 169.49x
Berkeley 1 20.88x
Burton Extra 1 11.76x
Hanslope 1 42.02x
Hereford St Peter 1 20.79x
Ipswich St Peter 1 13.89x
Leicester St Martin 1 30.58x
Standish 1 133.33x
Washingley 1 666.67x
Wormleighton 1 285.71x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 30
Sarah 24
Elizabeth 17
Jane 11
Alice 8
Ann 8
Eliza 8
Hannah 8
Annie 6
Clara 6
Ellen 6
Emily 5
Emma 5
Fanny 5
Anne 4
Catherine 4
Edith 3
Harriett 3
Kate 3
Ada 2
Amelia 2
Caroline 2
Charlotte 2
Dinah 2
Elizth. 2
Florence 2
Harriet 2
Lily 2
Lucy 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Matilda 2
Amey 1
Amy 1
Beatrice 1
Bertha 1
Betsy 1
Dora 1
Dorothy 1
Emilen 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Janetta 1
Jessie 1
Julia 1
Katherine 1
Kitty 1
Lilly 1
Lizzie 1
Susan 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 34
William 29
George 15
Henry 14
Joseph 12
James 11
Thomas 10
Richard 8
Edward 7
Frank 7
Arthur 5
Charles 5
Harry 5
Albert 4
Benjamin 4
Robert 4
Frederick 3
Isaac 3
Samuel 3
Solomon 3
Alfred 2
David 2
Oliver 2
Philip 2
Walter 2
Willie 2
Chas. 1
Daniel 1
Edmond 1
Edwin 1
Ernest 1
Fred 1
Horace 1
Jno. 1
Job 1
Lewis 1
Percy 1
Theodore 1
Tom 1
Ton 1

FAQ

Sansome surname: questions and answers

How common was the Sansome surname in 1881?

In 1881, 450 people were recorded with the Sansome surname. That placed it at #7,321 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Sansome surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 527 in 2016. That gives Sansome a modern rank of #9,622.

What does the Sansome map show?

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