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UK surname

Stanyer

In the 1881 census there were 332 people recorded with the Stanyer surname, ranking it #9,058 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 634, ranked #8,340, up from #9,058 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Trentham, Wolstanton and Leek. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Newcastle-under-Lyme, Denbighshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Stanyer is 668 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 91.0%.

1881 census count

332

Ranked #9,058

Modern count

634

2016, ranked #8,340

Peak year

1999

668 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Stanyer had 332 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,058 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 634 in 2016, ranked #8,340.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 382 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Stanyer surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Stanyer surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Stanyer 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 159 #12,400
1861 historical 180 #13,057
1881 historical 332 #9,058
1891 historical 298 #11,167
1901 historical 333 #10,843
1911 historical 382 #9,615
1997 modern 405 #10,908
1998 modern 644 #7,963
1999 modern 668 #7,781
2000 modern 657 #7,870
2001 modern 651 #7,785
2002 modern 660 #7,857
2003 modern 649 #7,837
2004 modern 627 #8,061
2005 modern 625 #8,018
2006 modern 618 #8,102
2007 modern 619 #8,161
2008 modern 622 #8,188
2009 modern 635 #8,221
2010 modern 637 #8,371
2011 modern 645 #8,202
2012 modern 640 #8,156
2013 modern 645 #8,264
2014 modern 643 #8,337
2015 modern 642 #8,278
2016 modern 634 #8,340

Geography

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Where Stanyers are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Trentham, Wolstanton, Leek, Burslem and Manchester. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Denbighshire and Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Trentham Staffordshire
2 Wolstanton Staffordshire
3 Leek Staffordshire
4 Burslem Staffordshire
5 Manchester Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Newcastle-under-Lyme 001 Newcastle-under-Lyme
2 Denbighshire 008 Denbighshire
3 Stoke-on-Trent 002 Stoke-on-Trent
4 Stoke-on-Trent 005 Stoke-on-Trent
5 Stoke-on-Trent 009 Stoke-on-Trent

Forenames

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First names often paired with Stanyer

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Stanyer

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Stanyer, 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 Stanyer surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Stanyer 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Stanyer 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

Stanyer 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

Stanyer 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 Stanyer 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 Stanyer, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Stanyer families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Stanyer 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. Staffordshire leads with 186 Stanyers recorded in 1881 and an index of 17.01x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 186 17.01x
Cheshire 56 7.83x
Lancashire 54 1.41x
Shropshire 12 4.29x
Warwickshire 8 0.98x
Durham 7 0.73x
Northamptonshire 4 1.31x
Hampshire 1 0.15x
Middlesex 1 0.03x
Somerset 1 0.19x
Sussex 1 0.18x
Worcestershire 1 0.24x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stoke Upon Trent in Staffordshire leads with 31 Stanyers recorded in 1881 and an index of 26.74x.

Place Total Index
Stoke Upon Trent 31 26.74x
Wolstanton Knutton 28 419.79x
Wolstanton 26 78.31x
Burslem 22 70.24x
Chester St John Baptist 16 124.51x
Manchester 13 7.52x
Duddon Iddinshall 10 4545.45x
Prestwich 10 104.28x
Leek Lowe 9 61.90x
Milwich 9 1475.41x
Aston 8 3.56x
Newcastle Under Lyme 8 41.37x
Farley 7 1346.15x
Oldham 7 5.64x
Shotton 7 294.12x
Woodcott 7 17500.00x
Barrow 6 750.00x
Bootle Cum Linacre 6 19.66x
Bushbury 6 306.12x
Sandon 6 1052.63x
Trentham 6 64.52x
Cheadle 5 95.24x
Drayton In Hales 5 86.66x
Liverpool 5 2.14x
Stafford St Mary 5 32.32x
Stone 5 35.77x
Wolstanton Oldcott 5 126.26x
Broseley 4 80.48x
Heaton Norris 4 18.29x
Kings Cliffe 4 281.69x
Stockport 4 10.87x
Chorlton On Medlock 3 4.91x
Congleton 3 24.29x
North Meols 3 7.97x
Cheadle 2 14.65x
Chester St Oswald 2 15.44x
Dilhorne 2 109.89x
Hilderstone 2 454.55x
Siddington 2 444.44x
Tipton 2 5.97x
Willaston In Nantwich 2 90.50x
Woore 2 270.27x
Alton 1 84.75x
Barrow In Furness 1 1.91x
Checkley 1 35.21x
Hastings St Mary 1 7.36x
Islington London 1 0.32x
Kirkdale 1 1.55x
Meole Brace 1 68.97x
Moss Side 1 4.95x
Peckforton 1 434.78x
Portsmouth 1 6.54x
Sandbach 1 16.39x
Walcot 1 3.60x
Worcester All Sts 1 40.82x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 26
John 18
George 14
James 14
Joseph 14
Thomas 9
Samuel 8
Charles 4
Edward 4
Frederick 4
Herbert 4
Richard 4
Albert 3
Arthur 3
Michael 3
Alfred 2
David 2
Frank 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Lewis 2
Moses 2
Robert 2
A.E. 1
Ambrose 1
Ambsey 1
Benjamin 1
Caleb 1
Chas. 1
Cornelius 1
Edwin 1
Elijah 1
Elisha 1
Enoch 1
Enos 1
Fred. 1
Harry 1
Jas. 1
Jno. 1
Noah 1
Richd.James 1
Rupert 1
Sydney 1
Tom 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Stanyer surname: questions and answers

How common was the Stanyer surname in 1881?

In 1881, 332 people were recorded with the Stanyer surname. That placed it at #9,058 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Stanyer surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 634 in 2016. That gives Stanyer a modern rank of #8,340.

What does the Stanyer map show?

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