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UK surname

Saynor

In the 1881 census there were 333 people recorded with the Saynor surname, ranking it #9,038 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 381, ranked #12,317, down from #9,038 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Doncaster, Sheffield and Mirfield. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wakefield, Gwynedd and Sheffield.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Saynor is 436 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 14.4%.

1881 census count

333

Ranked #9,038

Modern count

381

2016, ranked #12,317

Peak year

1901

436 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Saynor had 333 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,038 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 381 in 2016, ranked #12,317.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 436 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Saynor surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Saynor surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Saynor 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 172 #11,682
1861 historical 250 #9,877
1881 historical 333 #9,038
1891 historical 402 #8,842
1901 historical 436 #8,907
1911 historical 422 #8,936
1997 modern 426 #10,490
1998 modern 428 #10,810
1999 modern 420 #11,035
2000 modern 433 #10,750
2001 modern 409 #11,032
2002 modern 436 #10,712
2003 modern 418 #10,896
2004 modern 419 #10,903
2005 modern 409 #10,999
2006 modern 418 #10,861
2007 modern 410 #11,162
2008 modern 398 #11,525
2009 modern 400 #11,729
2010 modern 400 #11,992
2011 modern 394 #11,997
2012 modern 389 #11,963
2013 modern 391 #12,123
2014 modern 392 #12,192
2015 modern 375 #12,470
2016 modern 381 #12,317

Geography

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Where Saynors are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Doncaster, Sheffield, Mirfield and Leeds. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wakefield, Gwynedd and Sheffield. 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 Doncaster Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Mirfield Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wakefield 026 Wakefield
2 Gwynedd 005 Gwynedd
3 Gwynedd 012 Gwynedd
4 Wakefield 021 Wakefield
5 Sheffield 076 Sheffield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Saynor

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Saynor

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

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Saynor is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Saynor is most concentrated in decile 9 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

Saynor 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.

7
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Saynor families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Saynor 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 265 Saynors recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.23x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 265 8.23x
Lancashire 41 1.06x
Sussex 11 2.01x
Durham 9 0.93x
Derbyshire 2 0.39x
Essex 1 0.16x
Middlesex 1 0.03x
Shropshire 1 0.36x
Warwickshire 1 0.12x
Westmorland 1 1.40x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Leeds in Yorkshire leads with 34 Saynors recorded in 1881 and an index of 18.71x.

Place Total Index
Leeds 34 18.71x
Mirfield 26 147.14x
Ecclesall Bierlow 24 36.66x
Sheffield 20 19.52x
Dewsbury 18 54.53x
Nether Hallam 17 39.04x
Allerton Mauleverer Cum 12 4137.93x
Barlavington 10 4761.90x
Chorlton On Medlock 10 16.33x
Hambleton 10 1694.92x
Heaton Norris 10 45.58x
Ackworth 8 323.89x
Manchester 8 4.62x
Bramley In Bramley 7 56.82x
Bickerton 6 4000.00x
Doncaster 6 25.51x
Elvet 6 85.96x
Goole 6 111.32x
Scarborough 6 20.51x
Shafton 6 1250.00x
Hook 5 70.62x
Hunslet 5 9.96x
Morley 5 29.87x
Batley 4 13.08x
Hampole 4 2857.14x
Hulme 4 4.97x
North Ferriby 4 754.72x
Chapel Allerton 3 62.24x
Cheetham 3 10.43x
Cherry Burton 3 588.24x
Holbeck 3 14.06x
Ilkley 3 57.03x
Witton Gilbert 3 78.74x
Ault Hucknall 2 240.96x
Carleton In Pontefract 2 540.54x
Horsforth 2 28.33x
Kirkheaton 2 38.31x
Oswaldtwistle 2 14.68x
Saxton Cum 2 500.00x
Tadcaster West 2 78.43x
Whitby 2 18.43x
Altofts 1 28.17x
Burton 1 1250.00x
Bury 1 2.27x
Campsall 1 294.12x
Droylsden 1 7.96x
Hedon 1 92.59x
Hooton Pagnell 1 312.50x
Hornsey 1 2.43x
Kendal 1 7.65x
Leyton Low 1 7.67x
Pannal 1 32.36x
Potter Newton 1 17.61x
Rugby 1 9.03x
Sherburn 1 37.74x
Spofforth 1 227.27x
Stretford 1 4.71x
Wellington 1 6.34x
Wrightington 1 59.52x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 28
Elizabeth 16
Ann 11
Sarah 11
Annie 9
Jane 8
Clara 7
Emily 7
Ellen 6
Ada 5
Eliza 5
Emma 5
Hannah 5
Alice 4
Charlotte 3
Martha 3
Florence 2
Frances 2
Julia 2
Lilly 2
Margt. 2
Maria 2
Rebecca 2
Sophia 2
Teresa 2
Amlear 1
Anna 1
Anne 1
Beatrice 1
Caroline 1
Cecily 1
Edith 1
Ellenor 1
Emley 1
Florance 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Helen 1
Ida 1
Jessie 1
Laura 1
Louisa 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
Margaret 1
Margt.Ellen 1
Maude 1
Mollie 1
Rebekah 1
Rose 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 21
John 20
James 12
Joseph 11
George 9
Charles 8
Arthur 7
Richard 6
Samuel 6
Thomas 6
Henry 4
Benjamin 3
Frank 3
Herbert 3
Tom 3
Walter 3
Edward 2
Joshua 2
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Arther 1
Edgar 1
Edwain 1
Edwin 1
Elizabeth 1
Ernie 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Geo 1
Geo. 1
Harrison 1
Harry 1
Horace 1
Isaac 1
Jno. 1
Lionel 1
Longstaf 1
Miriam 1
Prince 1
Randolph 1
Robert 1
Sam 1
Willy 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Saynor surname: questions and answers

How common was the Saynor surname in 1881?

In 1881, 333 people were recorded with the Saynor surname. That placed it at #9,038 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Saynor surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 381 in 2016. That gives Saynor a modern rank of #12,317.

What does the Saynor map show?

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