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UK surname

Stuttard

In the 1881 census there were 659 people recorded with the Stuttard surname, ranking it #5,448 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 600, ranked #8,721, down from #5,448 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Manchester, Whalley and Halifax. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Burnley and Pendle.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Stuttard is 910 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 9.0%.

1881 census count

659

Ranked #5,448

Modern count

600

2016, ranked #8,721

Peak year

1911

910 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Stuttard had 659 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #5,448 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 600 in 2016, ranked #8,721.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 910 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Stuttard surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Stuttard surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Stuttard 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 348 #6,765
1861 historical 295 #8,555
1881 historical 659 #5,448
1891 historical 659 #5,897
1901 historical 785 #5,729
1911 historical 910 #4,905
1997 modern 635 #7,808
1998 modern 642 #7,975
1999 modern 639 #8,067
2000 modern 611 #8,322
2001 modern 595 #8,348
2002 modern 614 #8,316
2003 modern 615 #8,169
2004 modern 596 #8,389
2005 modern 598 #8,288
2006 modern 602 #8,269
2007 modern 588 #8,486
2008 modern 573 #8,700
2009 modern 595 #8,649
2010 modern 608 #8,700
2011 modern 609 #8,585
2012 modern 571 #8,921
2013 modern 593 #8,818
2014 modern 606 #8,743
2015 modern 606 #8,667
2016 modern 600 #8,721

Geography

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Where Stuttards are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Manchester, Whalley, Halifax and Prestwich. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Burnley and Pendle. 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 Manchester Lancashire
2 Whalley Lancashire
3 Halifax Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Prestwich Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Burnley 001 Burnley
2 Burnley 006 Burnley
3 Burnley 010 Burnley
4 Pendle 008 Pendle
5 Burnley 009 Burnley

Forenames

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First names often paired with Stuttard

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Stuttard

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

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Stuttard surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Stuttard household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

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

Central Connected Professionals and Managers

Group

Senior Professionals

Within London, Stuttard is most associated with areas classed as Senior Professionals, part of Central Connected Professionals and Managers. 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 very central neighbourhoods house residents whose ages are more skewed towards older age cohorts than elsewhere in the Supergroup. Few households have young children. Rates of illness are low. Indian ethnicity is rare compared to the Supergroup mean. Property under occupation is more common, despite the centrality of neighbourhoods, and more residents live in communal establishments than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

Adult residents of these neighbourhoods are typically aged 25 to 44, working full-time in professional, managerial or associate professional occupations. There are few families with dependent children. The predominantly Inner London neighbourhoods have an international character, including many residents born elsewhere in Europe alongside high numbers of individuals identifying as of Chinese ethnicity. Many individuals are never married, childless and/or living alone. Above average numbers of individuals, likely to be full-time students, live in communal establishments. Elsewhere, privately rented flats are the dominant housing type. Residents of these areas are well-qualified, with a significant number holding Level 4 or above qualifications. There is a correspondingly high level of individuals employed full-time in professional, managerial and associated professional or technical occupations. Employing industries are financial, real estate, professional, administration, and, to a lesser degree, transport and communications. Unemployment is uncommon.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Stuttard 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

Stuttard 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.

1
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Stuttard is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Stuttard, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Stuttard families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Stuttard 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 532 Stuttards recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.03x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 532 7.03x
Yorkshire 90 1.42x
Surrey 10 0.32x
Cheshire 5 0.36x
Huntingdonshire 4 3.16x
Kent 4 0.18x
Middlesex 4 0.06x
Northumberland 2 0.21x
Leicestershire 1 0.14x
Roxburghshire 1 0.87x
Staffordshire 1 0.05x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Burnley in Lancashire leads with 95 Stuttards recorded in 1881 and an index of 149.02x.

Place Total Index
Burnley 95 149.02x
Colne 75 332.59x
Habergham Eaves 65 93.94x
Great Little Marsden 63 181.66x
Oldham 41 16.78x
Worsley 17 36.43x
Accrington 16 23.25x
Hulme 13 8.23x
Huddersfield 12 13.03x
Over Darwen 11 18.19x
Stretford 9 21.61x
Todmorden Walsden 9 44.38x
Bermondsey 8 4.21x
Bury 8 9.25x
Elton 8 30.58x
Spotland 8 9.51x
Wilsden 8 123.27x
Barrowford Booth 7 83.53x
Gisburn 7 603.45x
Middlesbrough 7 8.50x
Didsbury 6 59.70x
Manchester 6 1.76x
Northowram 6 13.53x
Pendlebury 6 37.55x
Stansfield 6 25.80x
Bradford 5 3.27x
Castleton 5 6.61x
Chadderton 5 13.51x
Crompton 5 23.19x
Eston 5 36.31x
Hapton 5 105.71x
Heptonstall 5 56.37x
Openshaw 5 14.10x
Rotherham 5 14.03x
Warley 5 27.37x
Briercliffe Cum 4 159.36x
Deptford St Paul 4 2.38x
Ecclesall Bierlow 4 3.11x
Everton 4 1.66x
Heap 4 9.96x
Read 4 198.02x
Southowram 4 20.73x
St Neots 4 58.06x
Toxteth Park 4 1.56x
Manningham 3 3.85x
Wardleworth 3 6.93x
Withington 3 12.30x
Bosden 2 46.30x
Clitheroe 2 8.98x
Croydon 2 1.16x
Heysham 2 144.93x
Higham With West Close 2 121.95x
Islington London 2 0.32x
Ledsham 2 338.98x
Marple 2 20.68x
Rishton 2 22.52x
Salford 2 0.90x
St Martin In Fields 2 5.24x
Tadcaster West 2 39.92x
Whalley 2 18.13x
Whitley 2 65.15x
Wuerdle Wardle 2 8.70x
Brightside Bierlow 1 0.81x
Cannock 1 2.66x
Chester St John Baptist 1 3.95x
Clayton Le Moors 1 6.81x
Haslingden 1 3.19x
Jedburgh 1 8.83x
Kirkham 1 9.99x
Langfield 1 9.04x
Leicester St Margaret 1 0.58x
Pannal 1 16.47x
Pendleton In Clitheroe 1 34.84x
Thornton In Craven 1 19.72x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 54
Elizabeth 29
Sarah 25
Margaret 17
Jane 13
Ellen 12
Annie 11
Martha 11
Alice 9
Hannah 9
Ann 7
Emily 7
Emma 6
Isabella 6
Ada 5
Agnes 5
Caroline 5
Eliza 5
Grace 5
Florence 4
Maggie 4
Minnie 4
Nancy 4
Susannah 4
Betsy 3
Ethel 3
Fanny 3
Harriet 3
Ruth 3
Sophia 3
Amelia 2
Bertha 2
Edith 2
Eleanor 2
Frances 2
Helen 2
Margret 2
Susan 2
Anne 1
Catherine 1
Ella 1
Ettea 1
Ettey 1
James 1
Jemima 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Letita 1
Lilly 1
Winifred 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 40
John 39
James 38
Thomas 21
Hartley 12
Richard 10
Henry 8
Robert 8
Albert 7
George 7
Joseph 7
Samuel 6
Arthur 5
Edward 5
Fred 5
Herbert 5
Willie 5
Charles 4
David 4
Ellis 4
Francis 4
Harry 4
Martin 4
Alfred 3
Ernest 3
Frank 3
Joshua 3
Mason 3
Benjamine 2
Bernard 2
Elijah 2
Jabez 2
Matthew 2
Stanley 2
Ben 1
Benj. 1
Chas. 1
Clarence 1
Edgar 1
Frederick 1
Geo.Hy. 1
Greenwood 1
Henery 1
Jobez 1
Joe 1
Lees 1
Luther 1
Mansfield 1
Mark 1
Wright 1

FAQ

Stuttard surname: questions and answers

How common was the Stuttard surname in 1881?

In 1881, 659 people were recorded with the Stuttard surname. That placed it at #5,448 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Stuttard surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 600 in 2016. That gives Stuttard a modern rank of #8,721.

What does the Stuttard map show?

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