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UK surname

Stubbings

One who lived near a stubbed or cleared area of forest.

In the 1881 census there were 1,036 people recorded with the Stubbings surname, ranking it #3,791 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 1,409, ranked #4,330, down from #3,791 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Worksop, London parishes and Wood Ditton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Ryedale, South Cambridgeshire and Sunderland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Stubbings is 1,552 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 36.0%.

1881 census count

1,036

Ranked #3,791

Modern count

1,409

2016, ranked #4,330

Peak year

2000

1,552 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Stubbings had 1,036 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #3,791 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 1,409 in 2016, ranked #4,330.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 1,481 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Stubbings surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Stubbings surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Stubbings 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 533 #4,713
1861 historical 489 #5,336
1881 historical 1,036 #3,791
1891 historical 1,027 #4,057
1901 historical 1,374 #3,660
1911 historical 1,481 #3,251
1997 modern 1,469 #3,981
1998 modern 1,540 #3,959
1999 modern 1,548 #3,969
2000 modern 1,552 #3,949
2001 modern 1,513 #3,956
2002 modern 1,527 #4,008
2003 modern 1,456 #4,095
2004 modern 1,475 #4,059
2005 modern 1,418 #4,148
2006 modern 1,415 #4,162
2007 modern 1,409 #4,209
2008 modern 1,420 #4,214
2009 modern 1,435 #4,255
2010 modern 1,443 #4,307
2011 modern 1,452 #4,249
2012 modern 1,404 #4,295
2013 modern 1,437 #4,285
2014 modern 1,431 #4,317
2015 modern 1,429 #4,286
2016 modern 1,409 #4,330

Geography

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Where Stubbings' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Worksop, London parishes, Wood Ditton and Cambridge: St Andrew the Less, St Andrew the Great, Holy Trinity, St Benedict. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Ryedale, South Cambridgeshire, Sunderland, Wick South and Chelmsford. 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 Worksop Nottinghamshire
2 London parishes London 1
3 London parishes London 3
4 Wood Ditton Cambridgeshire
5 Cambridge: St Andrew the Less, St Andrew the Great, Holy Trinity, St Benedict Cambridgeshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Ryedale 004 Ryedale
2 South Cambridgeshire 015 South Cambridgeshire
3 Sunderland 009 Sunderland
4 Wick South Highland
5 Chelmsford 002 Chelmsford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Stubbings

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Stubbings

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Stubbings, 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 Stubbings surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Stubbings 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

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Stubbings is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. 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 concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Stubbings is most concentrated in decile 5 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

Stubbings falls in decile 8 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 Stubbings 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 Stubbings, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Stubbings

The surname STUBBINGS originated in England and can be traced back to the late 12th century. It is a locational name derived from the Old English words "stubbing" or "stubbingge," meaning a "cleared area of land" or "place of stumps." This suggests that the name likely referred to someone who lived or worked on a patch of land that had been cleared of trees and stumps.

Records show that the name was particularly prevalent in the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire, where many early bearers of the name resided. One of the earliest known references to the name can be found in the Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire from 1208, which mention a person named Willelmus de Stubbinges.

The Stubbings family is also mentioned in several medieval documents and records, including the Feet of Fines for Yorkshire in 1347, which refers to a certain Robert de Stubbynges. Additionally, the Subsidy Rolls for Lancashire in 1332 list a John de Stubbyngges.

One of the earliest recorded examples of the STUBBINGS name is John Stubbyngs, who was born in Yorkshire around 1410. Another notable bearer of the name was Richard Stubbings, a yeoman farmer from Lancashire who lived in the late 15th century.

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the STUBBINGS name continued to be associated with various places in Yorkshire and Lancashire. For instance, the Lancashire Wills and Inventories from 1673 mention a James Stubbings of Bolton-le-Moors.

In the 18th century, a notable figure with the STUBBINGS surname was William Stubbings (1712-1788), a landowner and businessman from Yorkshire. He was involved in the wool trade and owned several properties in the region.

Another individual of note was John Stubbings (1760-1841), a farmer and landowner from Lancashire. He was known for his extensive agricultural holdings and served as a local magistrate.

In the 19th century, the STUBBINGS name gained prominence with individuals such as Thomas Stubbings (1819-1892), a successful industrialist and entrepreneur from Yorkshire who made his fortune in the textile industry.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Stubbings families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Stubbings 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. Cambridgeshire leads with 223 Stubbings' recorded in 1881 and an index of 34.80x.

County Total Index
Cambridgeshire 223 34.80x
Middlesex 183 1.81x
Essex 151 7.56x
Nottinghamshire 76 5.57x
Surrey 59 1.20x
Norfolk 53 3.41x
Yorkshire 53 0.53x
Hampshire 41 1.98x
Kent 35 1.01x
Suffolk 19 1.54x
Durham 14 0.47x
Derbyshire 13 0.82x
Lancashire 13 0.11x
Lincolnshire 13 0.80x
Gloucestershire 11 0.55x
Sussex 11 0.65x
Northamptonshire 9 0.95x
Wiltshire 8 0.89x
Cheshire 7 0.31x
Huntingdonshire 7 3.49x
Berkshire 5 0.66x
Devon 5 0.24x
Warwickshire 5 0.20x
Hertfordshire 4 0.57x
Leicestershire 4 0.36x
Dorset 3 0.45x
Fife 3 0.50x
Montgomeryshire 3 1.29x
Staffordshire 2 0.06x
Aberdeenshire 1 0.11x
Bedfordshire 1 0.19x
Glamorgan 1 0.06x
Royal Navy 1 0.83x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Sawston in Cambridgeshire leads with 43 Stubbings' recorded in 1881 and an index of 695.79x.

Place Total Index
Sawston 43 695.79x
Hackney London 40 7.05x
Weston Colville 32 1758.24x
Worksop 25 61.82x
Cherry Hinton 19 631.23x
St Pancras London 18 2.21x
Fordingbridge 17 150.84x
Shoreditch London 17 3.88x
St Marylebone London 17 3.15x
Wood Ditton 17 317.16x
Chelmsford 15 43.78x
Bromley London 14 6.29x
Tottenham 13 8.07x
Broomfield 12 382.17x
St Andrewthe Less 12 16.39x
Whitwell 11 174.60x
Great Sampford 10 467.29x
Hempstead 10 458.72x
Islington London 10 1.02x
Saffron Walden 10 47.39x
Thames Ditton 10 97.66x
Attleborough 9 114.50x
Bethnal Green London 9 2.05x
Braintree 9 50.20x
Stapleford Tawney 9 1168.83x
Swaffham Bulbeck 9 348.84x
Theydon Bois 9 297.03x
Bracon Ash 8 816.33x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 8 4.28x
Great Wilbraham 8 423.28x
Ovington 8 824.74x
Pampisford 8 661.16x
Sherston Magna 8 148.42x
Soham 8 58.01x
South Hanningfield 8 987.65x
St Peter Cambridge 8 372.09x
Barford 7 636.36x
Birdbrook 7 348.26x
Boston 7 14.27x
Didsbury 7 43.91x
Dukinfield 7 6.78x
Hammersmith London 7 2.81x
Hordle 7 193.91x
Lakenheath 7 107.53x
Newmarket All Sts 7 147.99x
Nottingham St Mary 7 1.98x
Pocklington 7 74.00x
St Marythe Great 7 336.54x
Steyning 7 121.11x
Tonbridge 7 5.62x
Tuxford 7 208.96x
West Ham 7 1.59x
Battersea 6 1.61x
Beckenham 6 13.30x
Bow London 6 4.66x
Halifax 6 4.08x
Hampstead London 6 3.81x
Holbeck 6 697.67x
Langton 6 1714.29x
Little Sampford 6 504.20x
North South Anston 6 136.99x
Portsea 6 1.48x
Southwark St Thomas 6 222.22x
St George Bloomsbury 6 10.34x
St George Hanover 6 4.54x
Bingley 5 7.83x
Boreham 5 144.93x
Glatton 5 259.07x
Great Grimsby 5 4.87x
Grindall 5 806.45x
Kensington London 5 0.89x
Kingsthorpe 5 47.26x
Kirtling 5 176.06x
Lambeth 5 0.57x
Lee 5 9.98x
Leverington 5 118.48x
Lewisham 5 2.72x
Leyton Low 5 12.32x
Penge 5 7.74x
Walton On Thames 5 22.09x

Top female names

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

Name Count
William 43
George 41
James 41
John 39
Henry 31
Charles 29
Thomas 24
Samuel 21
Harry 18
Arthur 16
Joseph 16
Robert 14
Frank 11
Albert 10
Frederick 9
Stephen 7
Walter 7
Alfred 6
Richard 6
Benjamin 5
Ernest 5
Elijah 4
Jabez 4
Abraham 3
Fredrick 3
Herbert 3
Jas. 3
Josiah 3
Robt. 3
Wm. 3
Daniel 2
Danny 2
Elizabeth 2
Fred 2
Joshua 2
Matthew 2
Rd. 2
Wilfred 2
Alice 1
Amos 1
Bennett 1
Burlington 1
Caleb 1
Edward 1
Edwin 1
Enoch 1
Enos 1
Ezekiel 1
J. 1
J.W. 1

FAQ

Stubbings surname: questions and answers

How common was the Stubbings surname in 1881?

In 1881, 1,036 people were recorded with the Stubbings surname. That placed it at #3,791 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Stubbings surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 1,409 in 2016. That gives Stubbings a modern rank of #4,330.

What does the Stubbings surname mean?

One who lived near a stubbed or cleared area of forest.

What does the Stubbings map show?

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