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UK surname

Scarisbrick

In the 1881 census there were 271 people recorded with the Scarisbrick surname, ranking it #10,449 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 486, ranked #10,189, up from #10,449 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Prescot, West Derby and Liverpool. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include West Lancashire, Lancaster and Liverpool.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Scarisbrick is 525 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 79.3%.

1881 census count

271

Ranked #10,449

Modern count

486

2016, ranked #10,189

Peak year

2010

525 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Scarisbrick had 271 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,449 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 486 in 2016, ranked #10,189.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 477 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Scarisbrick surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Scarisbrick surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Scarisbrick 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 110 #16,093
1861 historical 161 #14,392
1881 historical 271 #10,449
1891 historical 326 #10,405
1901 historical 477 #8,343
1911 historical 450 #8,507
1997 modern 516 #9,095
1998 modern 509 #9,462
1999 modern 522 #9,348
2000 modern 518 #9,366
2001 modern 505 #9,404
2002 modern 513 #9,464
2003 modern 489 #9,646
2004 modern 508 #9,404
2005 modern 503 #9,405
2006 modern 512 #9,319
2007 modern 508 #9,455
2008 modern 507 #9,540
2009 modern 517 #9,604
2010 modern 525 #9,692
2011 modern 511 #9,792
2012 modern 485 #10,089
2013 modern 491 #10,158
2014 modern 490 #10,233
2015 modern 483 #10,264
2016 modern 486 #10,189

Geography

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Where Scarisbricks are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Prescot, West Derby, Liverpool, Ormskirk and Warrington. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to West Lancashire, Lancaster, Liverpool and Sefton. 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 Prescot Lancashire
2 West Derby Lancashire
3 Liverpool Lancashire
4 Ormskirk Lancashire
5 Warrington Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 West Lancashire 003 West Lancashire
2 West Lancashire 004 West Lancashire
3 Lancaster 002 Lancaster
4 Liverpool 007 Liverpool
5 Sefton 001 Sefton

Forenames

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First names often paired with Scarisbrick

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Scarisbrick

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Scarisbrick, 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 Scarisbrick surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Scarisbrick 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Scarisbrick 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

Scarisbrick 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

Scarisbrick 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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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Scarisbrick 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Scarisbrick, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Scarisbrick families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Scarisbrick 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 242 Scarisbricks recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.71x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 242 7.71x
Cheshire 13 2.23x
Middlesex 8 0.30x
Yorkshire 3 0.11x
Leicestershire 2 0.68x
Northamptonshire 2 0.80x
Westmorland 1 1.72x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Everton in Lancashire leads with 37 Scarisbricks recorded in 1881 and an index of 37.01x.

Place Total Index
Everton 37 37.01x
Prescot 31 546.74x
Scarisbrick 30 824.18x
West Derby 23 25.06x
Toxteth Park 16 15.06x
Formby 13 366.20x
Rainford 13 383.48x
Much Woolton 11 258.22x
Kirkdale 10 18.95x
Liverpool 10 5.25x
Birkenhead 8 17.20x
Halsall 8 645.16x
Lydiate 8 816.33x
North Meols 6 19.54x
St Giles In Fields 6 65.79x
Bury 4 11.16x
Walton On Hill 4 23.54x
Warrington 4 10.76x
Macclesfield 3 11.57x
Oldham 3 2.96x
Ormskirk 3 50.00x
Great Crosby 2 23.39x
Market Bosworth 2 188.68x
Over Darwen 2 7.98x
Windle 2 11.33x
Headingley Cum Burley 1 5.93x
Higher Bebington 1 26.74x
Ince Blundell 1 208.33x
Kensington London 1 0.68x
Kirkland 1 80.65x
Little Bolton 1 2.48x
Northampton St Sepulchre 1 7.91x
Oundle 1 35.97x
Scackleton 1 666.67x
Soothill 1 10.57x
St Marylebone London 1 0.71x
Tranmere 1 4.66x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Elizabeth 17
Mary 17
Margaret 12
Ellen 9
Annie 8
Jane 7
Alice 5
Ann 5
Martha 4
Isabella 3
Sarah 3
Catherine 2
Emily 2
Frances 2
Hannah 2
Harriet 2
Jessie 2
Louisa 2
Maria 2
Ada 1
Adelaide 1
Alexandra 1
Anne 1
Bertha 1
Catharin 1
Edith 1
Eliza 1
Elizh. 1
Elizth.Jane 1
Elley 1
Ernest 1
Esther 1
Helen 1
Lillian 1
Livena 1
Lydia 1
Maggie 1
Mariah 1
May 1
Rachel 1
Susan 1
Susannah 1
Theresa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 18
Thomas 15
Edward 12
John 12
James 11
Henry 10
Charles 8
Frederick 7
Robert 7
Joseph 5
Alfred 4
Richard 4
Benjamin 2
George 2
Luke 2
Walter 2
Wm. 2
Albert 1
Anthony 1
Arthur 1
David 1
Dora 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Geo. 1
Harry 1
Jas. 1
Jeffrie 1
Julian 1
Percy 1
Philip 1
Robt. 1
Samuel 1
Thos. 1
Tom 1

FAQ

Scarisbrick surname: questions and answers

How common was the Scarisbrick surname in 1881?

In 1881, 271 people were recorded with the Scarisbrick surname. That placed it at #10,449 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Scarisbrick surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 486 in 2016. That gives Scarisbrick a modern rank of #10,189.

What does the Scarisbrick map show?

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