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UK surname

Stubley

In the 1881 census there were 543 people recorded with the Stubley surname, ranking it #6,354 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 674, ranked #7,950, down from #6,354 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya, Bourn and Batley. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Holland, Leeds and Kirklees.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Stubley is 812 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 24.1%.

1881 census count

543

Ranked #6,354

Modern count

674

2016, ranked #7,950

Peak year

1911

812 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Stubley had 543 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #6,354 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 674 in 2016, ranked #7,950.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 812 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Stubley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Stubley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Stubley 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 318 #7,293
1861 historical 339 #7,522
1881 historical 543 #6,354
1891 historical 624 #6,199
1901 historical 725 #6,108
1911 historical 812 #5,416
1997 modern 717 #7,115
1998 modern 733 #7,229
1999 modern 727 #7,316
2000 modern 730 #7,259
2001 modern 713 #7,263
2002 modern 730 #7,255
2003 modern 712 #7,279
2004 modern 724 #7,201
2005 modern 709 #7,256
2006 modern 692 #7,421
2007 modern 687 #7,535
2008 modern 700 #7,485
2009 modern 720 #7,470
2010 modern 723 #7,590
2011 modern 720 #7,530
2012 modern 693 #7,663
2013 modern 700 #7,725
2014 modern 691 #7,860
2015 modern 685 #7,854
2016 modern 674 #7,950

Geography

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Where Stubleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya, Bourn, Batley, Pinchbeck, Cowbit and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Holland, Leeds, Kirklees, Harrogate and Telford and Wrekin. 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 Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya Lincolnshire
2 Bourn Lincolnshire
3 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Pinchbeck, Cowbit Lincolnshire
5 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Holland 010 South Holland
2 Leeds 101 Leeds
3 Kirklees 006 Kirklees
4 Harrogate 016 Harrogate
5 Telford and Wrekin 004 Telford and Wrekin

Forenames

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First names often paired with Stubley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Stubley

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

Stubley 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

Stubley falls in decile 4 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 Stubley 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Stubley, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Stubley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Stubley 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 259 Stubleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 4.94x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 259 4.94x
Lincolnshire 166 19.64x
Leicestershire 34 5.80x
Middlesex 15 0.28x
Lancashire 11 0.18x
Durham 9 0.57x
Sussex 9 1.01x
Cambridgeshire 8 2.39x
Derbyshire 8 0.97x
Staffordshire 6 0.34x
Bedfordshire 5 1.83x
Northamptonshire 3 0.60x
Nottinghamshire 3 0.42x
Huntingdonshire 2 1.91x
Kent 2 0.11x
Cornwall 1 0.17x
Pembrokeshire 1 0.60x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Batley in Yorkshire leads with 121 Stubleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 243.02x.

Place Total Index
Batley 121 243.02x
Soothill 26 137.35x
Dewsbury 24 44.67x
Pinchbeck 22 405.90x
Swineshead 20 719.42x
Bourn 13 190.34x
Woolsthorpe 12 1111.11x
Alverthorpe Cum Thornes 11 57.80x
Gedney 11 318.84x
West Derby 11 5.99x
Leicester All Sts 10 86.88x
Baston 9 642.86x
Holbeck 9 25.93x
Hollington 9 283.91x
Leeds 9 3.04x
Loughborough 9 33.83x
Leicester St Margaret 8 5.60x
Sutton St James 8 784.31x
Thorney 8 215.05x
Calverley Cum Farsley 7 47.04x
Mirfield 7 24.34x
North Kyme 7 555.56x
Bowling 6 11.56x
Doncaster 6 15.67x
Lofthouse 6 76.73x
Stoke Upon Trent 6 3.17x
Bedford St Paul 5 26.62x
Billinghay 5 191.57x
Chelsea London 5 3.14x
Gateshead 5 4.25x
Middlesbrough 5 7.33x
Miningsby In Boston 5 1162.79x
Morton In Bourn 5 290.70x
New Sleaford 5 92.25x
St Gilesin Fields 5 162.34x
St Swithin Lincoln 5 37.62x
Belper 4 24.92x
Boston 4 15.59x
Edenham 4 392.16x
Leicester St Mary 4 8.45x
Market Deeping 4 182.65x
Newington 4 27.72x
Ruskington 4 185.19x
Duffield 3 46.01x
Farnley In Bramley 3 45.87x
Keighley 3 5.37x
Sheepshed 3 37.36x
Westoe 3 3.36x
Wigtoft 3 245.90x
Witham On Hill 3 857.14x
Cranwell 2 540.54x
Earls Barton 2 47.17x
Gosberton 2 53.19x
Great Brand End Plot 2 1111.11x
Hunslet 2 2.45x
Langtoft 2 188.68x
Ossett Cum Gawthorpe 2 10.68x
Scarborough 2 4.20x
Spalding 2 11.92x
Stanford On Soar 2 1052.63x
Wath On Dearne 2 19.14x
Alford 1 19.08x
Ealing 1 2.12x
Elton 1 68.03x
Frodingham 1 33.22x
Greenwich 1 1.19x
Hedworth Monkton Jarrow 1 1.47x
Helpringham 1 58.82x
Horbling 1 109.89x
Islington London 1 0.20x
Kensington London 1 0.34x
Milford Haven 1 73.53x
Moulton 1 24.57x
Quadring 1 61.35x
Soyland 1 15.90x
St Columb Minor 1 19.88x
St Pancras London 1 0.24x
Standard Hill 1 58.82x
Sutton Stoneferry 1 6.67x
Willoughby 1 89.29x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 43
Elizabeth 23
Sarah 22
Emma 13
Jane 10
Martha 10
Ann 8
Hannah 7
Rebecca 7
Annie 6
Eliza 6
Harriett 6
Alice 5
Fanny 5
Frances 5
Ruth 5
Ada 4
Clara 4
Grace 4
Betsey 3
Edith 3
Ellen 3
Emily 3
Kate 3
Maria 3
Rachael 3
Susan 3
Susannah 3
Anne 2
Charlotte 2
Harriet 2
Isabella 2
Lizzie 2
Lucy 2
Rachel 2
Beatrice 1
Caroline 1
Drusilla 1
E.E. 1
Elizh. 1
Ema 1
Emmel 1
Florence 1
Louisa 1
Mabel 1
Maggie 1
Mahalah 1
Margret 1
Marie 1
Virginia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 32
William 26
James 19
Thomas 19
Joseph 18
George 13
Charles 10
Arthur 7
Benjamin 7
Edward 7
Isaac 5
Abraham 4
Albert 4
Alfred 4
David 4
Fred 4
Harry 4
Herbert 4
Robert 4
Walter 4
Frederick 3
Mark 3
Matthew 3
Richard 3
Edwin 2
Ernest 2
Henry 2
Joshua 2
Leonard 2
Oliver 2
Saml. 2
Samuel 2
Thos. 2
Wm. 2
Ambrose 1
Amos 1
Charley 1
Charlie 1
Francis 1
Frank 1
Fred. 1
Geo. 1
Gladstone 1
Greenwood 1
Jas. 1
Joe 1
Joe. 1
Luke 1
Marthew 1
Zechariah 1

FAQ

Stubley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Stubley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 543 people were recorded with the Stubley surname. That placed it at #6,354 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Stubley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 674 in 2016. That gives Stubley a modern rank of #7,950.

What does the Stubley map show?

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