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UK surname

Shoosmith

In the 1881 census there were 164 people recorded with the Shoosmith surname, ranking it #14,624 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 151, ranked #23,615, down from #14,624 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Rochdale, Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Woking, Bedford and West Somerset.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Shoosmith is 273 in 1891. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 7.9%.

1881 census count

164

Ranked #14,624

Modern count

151

2016, ranked #23,615

Peak year

1891

273 bearers

Map years

7

1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Shoosmith had 164 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #14,624 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 151 in 2016, ranked #23,615.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 273 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Shoosmith surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Shoosmith surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Shoosmith 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 87 #18,695
1861 historical 97 #21,503
1881 historical 164 #14,624
1891 historical 273 #11,918
1901 historical 271 #12,462
1911 historical 252 #12,834
1997 modern 140 #22,031
1998 modern 157 #21,058
1999 modern 164 #20,621
2000 modern 160 #20,903
2001 modern 167 #20,060
2002 modern 167 #20,457
2003 modern 162 #20,624
2004 modern 152 #21,628
2005 modern 154 #21,396
2006 modern 158 #21,229
2007 modern 160 #21,296
2008 modern 160 #21,521
2009 modern 164 #21,628
2010 modern 170 #21,560
2011 modern 163 #21,983
2012 modern 160 #22,260
2013 modern 159 #22,706
2014 modern 157 #23,101
2015 modern 148 #23,934
2016 modern 151 #23,615

Geography

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Where Shoosmiths are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Rochdale, Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew, London parishes, Lambeth and Brighton. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Woking, Bedford, West Somerset, Brighton and Hove and Reigate and Banstead. 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 Rochdale Lancashire
2 Hastings St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings St Andrew Sussex
3 London parishes London 3
4 Lambeth London (South Districts)
5 Brighton Sussex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Woking 001 Woking
2 Bedford 008 Bedford
3 West Somerset 002 West Somerset
4 Brighton and Hove 028 Brighton and Hove
5 Reigate and Banstead 017 Reigate and Banstead

Forenames

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First names often paired with Shoosmith

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Shoosmith

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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Shoosmith surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Shoosmith household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Shoosmith 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

Shoosmith is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Shoosmith 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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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Shoosmith 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Shoosmith families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Shoosmith 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. Sussex leads with 67 Shoosmiths recorded in 1881 and an index of 24.84x.

County Total Index
Sussex 67 24.84x
Lancashire 32 1.69x
Surrey 29 3.72x
Middlesex 15 0.94x
Cheshire 7 1.98x
Bedfordshire 6 7.24x
Kent 4 0.73x
Hampshire 2 0.61x
Essex 1 0.32x
Northamptonshire 1 0.66x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Brighton in Sussex leads with 23 Shoosmiths recorded in 1881 and an index of 42.26x.

Place Total Index
Brighton 23 42.26x
Eastbourne 19 153.10x
Thornham 19 1844.66x
Lambeth 11 7.89x
Croydon 9 20.80x
Lewes St John Southover 8 441.99x
Birkenhead 7 24.87x
Crompton 7 129.39x
Bethnal Green London 6 8.63x
Luton 6 41.84x
Rotherhithe 6 30.35x
Chorlton On Medlock 5 16.58x
Keymer 5 263.16x
Arlington 3 937.50x
Canterbury St Paul 3 306.12x
Islington London 3 1.93x
Chichester St Pancras 2 246.91x
Kensington London 2 2.25x
Lewes St Ann 2 217.39x
Lymington 2 82.99x
Paddington London 2 3.40x
Rumbolds Wyke 2 400.00x
Selmeston 2 2000.00x
Bow London 1 4.91x
Camberwell 1 0.98x
Cobham 1 78.13x
Hammersmith London 1 2.54x
Laughton 1 250.00x
Liverpool 1 0.87x
Margate St John Baptist 1 10.01x
Northampton St Sepulchre 1 13.07x
Reigate Foreign 1 11.85x
West Ham 1 1.43x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Sarah 13
Alice 7
Elizabeth 7
Mary 6
Ellen 4
Florence 4
Louisa 4
Ann 3
Amelia 2
Caroline 2
Emily 2
Hannah 2
Lucy 2
Susan 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Anelia 1
Annethe 1
Barbara 1
Dorothea 1
Edith 1
Eleanora 1
Elenor 1
Eliza 1
Elizth. 1
Emila 1
Emma 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Fanny 1
Harriett 1
Hephzibah 1
Infant 1
Jane 1
Laura 1
Lydia 1
Maude 1
Ruth 1
Sophia 1
Sylvia 1
Ursula 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 8
Edward 7
George 6
Henry 5
Charles 3
Frank 3
Frederick 3
Arthur 2
James 2
John 2
Joseph 2
Richard 2
Robert 2
Stephen 2
Thomas 2
Walter 2
Alfred 1
Chas.Fredr. 1
Christopher 1
Edmund 1
Egerton 1
Eli 1
Ernest 1
Frdk. 1
Fred 1
Fredk. 1
Frs. 1
Herbert 1
Joe 1
Lionel 1
Mark 1
Matthew 1
Merrick 1
Percy 1
Reginald 1
Reuben 1
Robt. 1
Saml. 1
Squire 1
Wisdom 1

FAQ

Shoosmith surname: questions and answers

How common was the Shoosmith surname in 1881?

In 1881, 164 people were recorded with the Shoosmith surname. That placed it at #14,624 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Shoosmith surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 151 in 2016. That gives Shoosmith a modern rank of #23,615.

What does the Shoosmith map show?

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