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UK surname

Stirzaker

In the 1881 census there were 358 people recorded with the Stirzaker surname, ranking it #8,638 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 584, ranked #8,891, down from #8,638 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Lancaster Borough, Poulton and Lytham. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wyre and Hyndburn.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Stirzaker is 645 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 63.1%.

1881 census count

358

Ranked #8,638

Modern count

584

2016, ranked #8,891

Peak year

2010

645 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Stirzaker had 358 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,638 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 584 in 2016, ranked #8,891.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 526 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Stirzaker surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Stirzaker surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Stirzaker 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 215 #9,860
1861 historical 131 #17,052
1881 historical 358 #8,638
1891 historical 428 #8,377
1901 historical 478 #8,329
1911 historical 526 #7,543
1997 modern 617 #7,988
1998 modern 627 #8,132
1999 modern 636 #8,095
2000 modern 623 #8,207
2001 modern 613 #8,156
2002 modern 644 #8,007
2003 modern 636 #7,954
2004 modern 626 #8,077
2005 modern 618 #8,081
2006 modern 614 #8,140
2007 modern 594 #8,418
2008 modern 606 #8,343
2009 modern 629 #8,289
2010 modern 645 #8,294
2011 modern 626 #8,402
2012 modern 574 #8,891
2013 modern 588 #8,867
2014 modern 595 #8,857
2015 modern 578 #8,972
2016 modern 584 #8,891

Geography

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Where Stirzakers are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Lancaster Borough, Poulton, Lytham, Cockerham (Ellel), Lancaster (Preesall with Hackersall) , Garstang (Pilling) and Lancaster. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wyre and Hyndburn. 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 Lancaster Borough Lancashire
2 Poulton Lancashire
3 Lytham Lancashire
4 Cockerham (Ellel), Lancaster (Preesall with Hackersall) , Garstang (Pilling) Lancashire
5 Lancaster Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wyre 002 Wyre
2 Wyre 001 Wyre
3 Wyre 005 Wyre
4 Wyre 004 Wyre
5 Hyndburn 004 Hyndburn

Forenames

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First names often paired with Stirzaker

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Stirzaker

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

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Stirzaker is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support 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

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

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

Stirzaker is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

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

1881 census detail

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Stirzaker families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Stirzaker 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 296 Stirzakers recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.18x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 296 7.18x
Yorkshire 29 0.84x
Staffordshire 20 1.71x
Durham 4 0.39x
Northumberland 4 0.77x
Middlesex 3 0.09x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Preston in Lancashire leads with 60 Stirzakers recorded in 1881 and an index of 54.42x.

Place Total Index
Preston 60 54.42x
Lancaster 28 114.19x
Layton With Warbreck 27 178.57x
Thornton In Fylde 25 277.16x
Everton 14 10.66x
Stalmine With Staynall 13 2166.67x
Kirkland 11 2894.74x
Eston 10 133.51x
Garstang 10 1075.27x
Walsall Foreign 10 16.52x
Wolverhampton 10 11.10x
Pilling 9 466.32x
Rastrick 9 94.14x
Greenhalgh With 8 1777.78x
West Derby 8 6.64x
Bootle Cum Linacre 7 21.39x
Goosnargh 7 526.32x
Little Eccleston With 7 3043.48x
Skerton 7 207.10x
Barnacre With Bonds 6 550.46x
Blackburn 5 4.56x
Whittle Le Woods 5 364.96x
Carnforth 4 176.99x
Cleckheaton 4 31.55x
Ryton 4 110.19x
Whittingham 4 645.16x
Austwick 3 535.71x
Chelsea London 3 2.87x
Chorley 3 12.98x
Great Eccleston 3 400.00x
Hellifield 3 588.24x
Liverpool 3 1.20x
Oswaldtwistle 3 20.60x
Slyne With Hest 3 833.33x
Tottington Lower End 3 15.32x
Ellel 2 93.90x
Toxteth Park 2 1.43x
Weeton With Preece 2 392.16x
Barrow In Furness 1 1.78x
Bilsborrow 1 416.67x
Cockerham 1 95.24x
Fulwood 1 22.47x
Halliwell 1 6.67x
Hardhorn With Newton 1 200.00x
Nateby 1 212.77x
Poulton Le Fylde 1 68.49x
Skelmersdale 1 14.56x
Wigan 1 1.74x
Yealand Conyers 1 270.27x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 31
Elizabeth 18
Margaret 13
Alice 11
Ann 10
Ellen 9
Catherine 7
Jane 7
Hannah 6
Isabella 5
Agnes 4
Matilda 4
Sarah 4
Emily 3
Ada 2
Annie 2
Barbara 2
Edith 2
Emma 2
Grace 2
Lucy 2
Susannah 2
Agatha 1
Anne 1
Annis 1
Barb. 1
Clara 1
Dinah 1
Dora 1
Dorothy 1
Eliza 1
Elizth. 1
Ethel 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
H.S. 1
Harriet 1
Jenny 1
Kate 1
Lilly 1
Louisa 1
M.C. 1
Margt. 1
Maud 1
Nellie 1
Nora 1
Rhoda 1
Rosamund 1
Susanna 1
Theresa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 33
William 27
Thomas 19
George 13
Henry 13
Robert 11
James 10
Richard 10
Joseph 6
Alfred 3
Arthur 3
David 2
Oliver 2
Rd. 2
Richd. 2
Sam 2
Andrew 1
Charles 1
Cleland 1
Daniel 1
Ernest 1
Frank 1
Geo. 1
Harry 1
Herbert 1
Hugh 1
Jos.Cleland 1
Matthew 1
Paul 1
Robt. 1
Samuel 1
Septimus 1
W.H. 1
Walter 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Stirzaker surname: questions and answers

How common was the Stirzaker surname in 1881?

In 1881, 358 people were recorded with the Stirzaker surname. That placed it at #8,638 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Stirzaker surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 584 in 2016. That gives Stirzaker a modern rank of #8,891.

What does the Stirzaker map show?

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