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UK surname

Slinn

In the 1881 census there were 481 people recorded with the Slinn surname, ranking it #6,969 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 783, ranked #7,047, down from #6,969 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington, Stoke-on-Trent, Bucknell-cum-Bagnall, Caverswall and Sheffield. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North East Derbyshire, Bolsover and Daventry.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Slinn is 888 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 62.8%.

1881 census count

481

Ranked #6,969

Modern count

783

2016, ranked #7,047

Peak year

2000

888 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Slinn had 481 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,969 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 783 in 2016, ranked #7,047.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 764 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Slinn surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Slinn surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Slinn 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 311 #7,413
1861 historical 279 #8,979
1881 historical 481 #6,969
1891 historical 483 #7,638
1901 historical 691 #6,348
1911 historical 764 #5,664
1997 modern 856 #6,211
1998 modern 880 #6,280
1999 modern 880 #6,318
2000 modern 888 #6,233
2001 modern 859 #6,289
2002 modern 875 #6,312
2003 modern 867 #6,246
2004 modern 879 #6,208
2005 modern 854 #6,293
2006 modern 826 #6,458
2007 modern 818 #6,572
2008 modern 828 #6,558
2009 modern 857 #6,532
2010 modern 876 #6,536
2011 modern 844 #6,651
2012 modern 805 #6,796
2013 modern 819 #6,808
2014 modern 818 #6,851
2015 modern 792 #6,990
2016 modern 783 #7,047

Geography

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Where Slinns are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington, Stoke-on-Trent, Bucknell-cum-Bagnall, Caverswall, Sheffield and Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North East Derbyshire, Bolsover, Daventry and Northampton. 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 Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington Staffordshire
2 Stoke-on-Trent, Bucknell-cum-Bagnall, Caverswall Staffordshire
3 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory Northamptonshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North East Derbyshire 013 North East Derbyshire
2 Bolsover 005 Bolsover
3 North East Derbyshire 010 North East Derbyshire
4 Daventry 004 Daventry
5 Northampton 019 Northampton

Forenames

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First names often paired with Slinn

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Slinn

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Slinn surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Slinn 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 is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Slinn 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

Slinn 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

Slinn falls in decile 9 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 Slinn 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 Slinn, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Slinn families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Slinn 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 117 Slinns recorded in 1881 and an index of 2.58x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 117 2.58x
Staffordshire 110 7.11x
Derbyshire 61 8.50x
Northamptonshire 47 10.90x
Middlesex 28 0.61x
Shropshire 22 5.55x
Lancashire 19 0.35x
Warwickshire 16 1.38x
Flintshire 7 5.68x
Nottinghamshire 7 1.13x
Bedfordshire 6 2.53x
Cambridgeshire 6 2.07x
Hampshire 6 0.64x
Hertfordshire 4 1.27x
Lincolnshire 4 0.55x
Surrey 4 0.18x
Cheshire 3 0.30x
Huntingdonshire 1 1.10x
Leicestershire 1 0.20x
Sussex 1 0.13x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Sheffield in Yorkshire leads with 50 Slinns recorded in 1881 and an index of 34.57x.

Place Total Index
Sheffield 50 34.57x
Ecclesall Bierlow 30 32.46x
Stafford St Mary 24 109.54x
Northampton St Sepulchre 18 82.04x
Caverswall 15 186.57x
Gnosall 13 347.59x
Hathersage 12 597.01x
Ashover 11 308.12x
Northampton All Sts 11 75.19x
St George Martyr 10 129.37x
Shifnal 9 83.72x
Calver 8 1176.47x
Castle Church 8 86.02x
Dallington 8 316.21x
Leeds 8 3.12x
Stoke Upon Trent 8 4.87x
Stone 8 40.42x
Ault Hucknall 7 593.22x
Birmingham 7 1.82x
Brightside Bierlow 7 7.86x
Heeley 7 50.69x
Nether Hallam 7 11.39x
Rhuddlan 7 64.52x
Andover 6 67.57x
Chorlton On Medlock 6 6.94x
Eccleshall 6 102.21x
Eckington 6 34.40x
Outseats 6 2000.00x
St Gilesin Fields 6 224.72x
Waterbeach 6 253.16x
Wednesfield 6 26.34x
Wellingborough 6 27.68x
Wrockwardine 6 68.89x
Derby St Werburgh 5 12.06x
Ellenhall 5 1388.89x
Newton In Makerfield 5 30.01x
St George Bloomsbury 5 19.01x
Aston 4 1.26x
Ecclesfield 4 12.01x
Eccleston In Prescot 4 14.65x
Hackney London 4 1.56x
Kingswinford 4 7.12x
Newport 4 83.68x
Spalding 4 27.49x
Tixall 4 1142.86x
Watford 4 16.33x
Worksop 4 21.82x
Ampthill 3 84.75x
Battersea 3 1.78x
Checkley 3 74.63x
Drayton In Hales 3 36.72x
Leamington Priors 3 10.54x
Northampton Priory St 3 11.59x
Roxton 3 348.84x
Seighford 3 243.90x
Aston Cum Aughton 2 53.76x
Mansfield 2 9.35x
Normanton 2 33.00x
Rotherham 2 7.81x
Spitalfields London 2 5.80x
Stockport 2 3.84x
Brington 1 357.14x
Broadwater 1 5.64x
Claylane 1 10.02x
Derby All Sts 1 16.67x
Edgbaston 1 2.79x
Everton 1 0.58x
Great Oakley 1 294.12x
Hampstead London 1 1.40x
Manchester 1 0.41x
Monks Coppenhall 1 2.62x
Nottingham St Mary 1 0.63x
Nuneaton 1 7.47x
Pleasley 1 55.25x
Smallthorne 1 17.42x
Swynnerton 1 81.97x
Tipton 1 2.11x
Wingfield South 1 52.08x
Woking 1 7.43x
Wymeswold 1 68.03x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 33
Sarah 23
Elizabeth 15
Annie 14
Ann 11
Jane 10
Clara 8
Ellen 8
Lucy 6
Emma 5
Hannah 5
Alice 4
Eliza 4
Emily 4
Fanny 4
Florence 4
Kate 4
Ada 3
Caroline 3
Louisa 3
Maria 3
Agnes 2
Beatrice 2
Christiana 2
Edith 2
Elizth 2
Frances 2
Harriett 2
Martha 2
Myra 2
Susanah 2
Elizath. 1
Elizth. 1
Elizth.Frances 1
Esther 1
Eva 1
Georgina 1
Grace 1
Haggis 1
Harriet 1
Henrietta 1
Infant 1
Isabella 1
Lecutene 1
Lily 1
Lizzie 1
Loueasa 1
Marget 1
Marjoram 1
Marria 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 31
George 26
William 23
Thomas 20
James 16
Henry 14
Charles 11
Arthur 8
Edward 6
Joseph 6
Walter 6
Albert 5
Alfred 5
Harry 5
Samuel 5
Abraham 4
Ernest 4
David 3
Frederick 3
Wm. 3
Cornelius 2
Francis 2
Herbert 2
Jno. 2
Richard 2
Stephen 2
Benjamin 1
Bernard 1
Edmund 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Enoch 1
Ephraim 1
Eugene 1
Frank 1
Fredk. 1
Fredk.G. 1
Isaac 1
Lovill 1
Mark 1
Matthew 1
Natham 1
Percy 1
Reginald 1
Rupert 1
Sam 1
Saml. 1
Samual 1
Theoplulus 1
Thos.H. 1

FAQ

Slinn surname: questions and answers

How common was the Slinn surname in 1881?

In 1881, 481 people were recorded with the Slinn surname. That placed it at #6,969 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Slinn surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 783 in 2016. That gives Slinn a modern rank of #7,047.

What does the Slinn map show?

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