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UK surname

Storry

In the 1881 census there were 379 people recorded with the Storry surname, ranking it #8,268 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 321, ranked #14,065, down from #8,268 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to West Calder, Scarborough and Jedburgh. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Hambleton, East Riding of Yorkshire and Ryedale.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Storry is 394 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 15.3%.

1881 census count

379

Ranked #8,268

Modern count

321

2016, ranked #14,065

Peak year

1901

394 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Storry had 379 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,268 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 321 in 2016, ranked #14,065.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 394 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Storry surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Storry surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Storry 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 270 #8,275
1861 historical 210 #11,551
1881 historical 379 #8,268
1891 historical 380 #9,231
1901 historical 394 #9,579
1911 historical 358 #10,110
1997 modern 337 #12,522
1998 modern 346 #12,630
1999 modern 350 #12,609
2000 modern 342 #12,771
2001 modern 336 #12,721
2002 modern 332 #13,090
2003 modern 316 #13,355
2004 modern 320 #13,311
2005 modern 321 #13,195
2006 modern 313 #13,517
2007 modern 317 #13,532
2008 modern 330 #13,257
2009 modern 346 #13,075
2010 modern 352 #13,187
2011 modern 337 #13,463
2012 modern 326 #13,691
2013 modern 327 #13,868
2014 modern 333 #13,770
2015 modern 329 #13,800
2016 modern 321 #14,065

Geography

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Where Storrys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around West Calder, Scarborough, Jedburgh, Middlesborough and Brompton, Ebberston. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Hambleton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Ryedale and Shropshire. 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 West Calder Edinburgh
2 Scarborough Yorkshire, North Riding
3 Jedburgh Roxburgh
4 Middlesborough Durham
5 Brompton, Ebberston Yorkshire, North Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Hambleton 001 Hambleton
2 East Riding of Yorkshire 006 East Riding of Yorkshire
3 Ryedale 004 Ryedale
4 East Riding of Yorkshire 010 East Riding of Yorkshire
5 Shropshire 033 Shropshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Storry

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Storry

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

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Storry surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Storry 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 comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Storry 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

Storry is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Storry falls in decile 6 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

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

1881 census detail

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Storry families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Storry 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 192 Storrys recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.27x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 192 5.27x
Lanarkshire 34 2.86x
Durham 19 1.74x
Cambridgeshire 16 6.87x
Lancashire 12 0.28x
Midlothian 12 2.44x
Surrey 12 0.67x
Gloucestershire 11 1.53x
Middlesex 10 0.27x
Lincolnshire 8 1.36x
West Lothian 8 14.45x
Fife 7 3.22x
Sussex 7 1.13x
Suffolk 6 1.34x
Hampshire 4 0.53x
Kent 3 0.24x
Selkirkshire 3 9.02x
Somerset 3 0.51x
Staffordshire 3 0.24x
Essex 2 0.28x
Ayrshire 1 0.36x
Berkshire 1 0.36x
Cumberland 1 0.32x
Derbyshire 1 0.17x
Stirlingshire 1 0.74x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Sculcoates in Yorkshire leads with 19 Storrys recorded in 1881 and an index of 32.88x.

Place Total Index
Sculcoates 19 32.88x
Snainton 17 1734.69x
Wisbech St Peter 15 128.42x
Middlesbrough 14 29.50x
Falsgrave 13 242.09x
Gateshead 12 14.65x
Whitby 12 97.72x
Horfield 11 151.52x
Huddersfield 11 20.72x
Shotts 11 77.30x
Lambeth 10 3.12x
Scarborough 10 30.20x
Southcoates 9 44.49x
Wortley In Bramley 9 31.19x
Armley 8 49.78x
Glasgow 8 3.79x
Sutton Stoneferry 8 76.70x
West Calder 8 82.39x
Whitburn 8 100.00x
Cheetham 7 21.51x
Kilconquhar 7 270.27x
York St Mary Castlegate 7 654.21x
Holy Trinity 6 6.85x
Ruswarp Hawsker Cum 6 666.67x
Whickham 6 59.58x
Clee With Weelsby 5 38.85x
Govan 5 1.70x
Hangleton 5 5000.00x
Howden 5 201.61x
Cambusnethan 4 15.15x
Finchley 4 28.37x
Gate Fulford 4 47.00x
Halifax 4 7.48x
Ipswich St Margaret 4 26.32x
Leeds 4 1.94x
Portsea 4 2.71x
Beckenham 3 18.29x
Dunsyre 3 909.09x
Middleton In Pickering 3 833.33x
Seamer In Stokesley 3 967.74x
Selkirk 3 32.02x
Wednesfield 3 16.42x
Baston 2 206.19x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 2 16.05x
Carmunnock 2 219.78x
Cottingham 2 25.48x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 2 1.01x
Gorleston 2 17.57x
Greenstead 2 188.68x
Hulme 2 2.20x
Pickering 2 43.57x
Rotherhithe 2 4.40x
Staplegrove 2 277.78x
All Hallows Lombard 1 476.19x
Barony 1 0.33x
Brompton In Scarborough 1 114.94x
Corstorphine 1 36.76x
Ealing 1 3.04x
Egremont 1 13.25x
Great Aycliffe 1 94.34x
Hessle In Sculcoates 1 31.06x
Hoyland Nether 1 11.19x
Keymer 1 22.83x
Lowthorpe 1 400.00x
Manchester 1 0.51x
March 1 12.82x
Mid Calder 1 46.95x
Nether Hallam 1 2.03x
Newington 1 9.96x
Owthorne 1 147.06x
Paddington London 1 0.74x
Patcham 1 90.09x
Pendlebury 1 10.86x
Ruswarp 1 24.69x
Spitalfields London 1 3.62x
St Marylebone London 1 0.51x
Tealby 1 121.95x
Tottington Lower End 1 4.82x
Twickenham 1 6.34x
York St Saviour 1 28.74x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 17
Elizabeth 12
Sarah 10
Emma 7
Ann 6
Agnes 4
Charlotte 4
Hannah 4
Ada 3
Eliza 3
Ethel 3
Florence 3
Gertrude 3
Jane 3
Margaret 3
Alice 2
Annie 2
Beatrice 2
Betsy 2
Emily 2
Harriet 2
Infant 2
Louisa 2
Martha 2
Anne 1
Brigit 1
Caroline 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Elizebeth 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Eva 1
Exabeller 1
Fanny 1
Flora 1
Frances 1
H. 1
Hanah 1
Helen 1
Ida 1
Isabella 1
Jannet 1
Jessie 1
Kate 1
Lilly 1
Lily 1
Lizzie 1
Lois 1
Unice 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 21
John 16
Robert 12
George 11
Thomas 11
Joseph 8
James 6
Arthur 5
Alfred 4
Henry 4
Herbert 4
Richard 4
Walter 4
Albert 3
David 3
Edward 3
Charles 2
Christopher 2
Edmund 2
Edwin 2
Ernest 2
Frances 2
Frank 2
Frederick 2
Harry 2
Amos 1
Andrew 1
Beeman 1
Benjamin 1
Carlos 1
Cecil 1
Charlie 1
Davis 1
Enoch 1
Fred 1
Geo. 1
Gustave 1
Harold 1
Heber 1
Heslop 1
Hugh 1
Isaac 1
Josiah 1
Matthew 1
Samuel 1
Simpson 1
Tom 1
Willie 1

FAQ

Storry surname: questions and answers

How common was the Storry surname in 1881?

In 1881, 379 people were recorded with the Storry surname. That placed it at #8,268 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Storry surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 321 in 2016. That gives Storry a modern rank of #14,065.

What does the Storry map show?

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