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UK surname

Swinhoe

In the 1881 census there were 209 people recorded with the Swinhoe surname, ranking it #12,475 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 375, ranked #12,457, up from #12,475 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Sunderland, Swindon, Lyddington and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Sunderland and Northumberland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Swinhoe is 404 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 79.4%.

1881 census count

209

Ranked #12,475

Modern count

375

2016, ranked #12,457

Peak year

2000

404 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Swinhoe had 209 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #12,475 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 375 in 2016, ranked #12,457.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 306 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Swinhoe surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Swinhoe surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Swinhoe 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 132 #14,174
1861 historical 155 #14,881
1881 historical 209 #12,475
1891 historical 238 #13,202
1901 historical 306 #11,494
1911 historical 304 #11,342
1997 modern 372 #11,621
1998 modern 395 #11,452
1999 modern 393 #11,602
2000 modern 404 #11,306
2001 modern 390 #11,420
2002 modern 404 #11,353
2003 modern 402 #11,228
2004 modern 392 #11,453
2005 modern 392 #11,355
2006 modern 374 #11,822
2007 modern 368 #12,125
2008 modern 374 #12,086
2009 modern 392 #11,908
2010 modern 402 #11,949
2011 modern 394 #11,997
2012 modern 387 #12,015
2013 modern 387 #12,226
2014 modern 401 #11,979
2015 modern 396 #11,994
2016 modern 375 #12,457

Geography

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Where Swinhoes are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Sunderland, Swindon, Lyddington, London parishes, Gateshead and Woodhorn. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Sunderland and Northumberland. 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 Sunderland Durham
2 Swindon, Lyddington Wiltshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Gateshead Durham
5 Woodhorn Northumberland

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Sunderland 023 Sunderland
2 Sunderland 021 Sunderland
3 Sunderland 004 Sunderland
4 Northumberland 006 Northumberland
5 Northumberland 010 Northumberland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Swinhoe

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Swinhoe

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Swinhoe surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Swinhoe household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Swinhoe is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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 primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Swinhoe is most concentrated in decile 2 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

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

1881 census detail

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Swinhoe families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Swinhoe 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. Northumberland leads with 82 Swinhoes recorded in 1881 and an index of 27.04x.

County Total Index
Northumberland 82 27.04x
Durham 76 12.53x
Middlesex 16 0.78x
Wiltshire 12 6.66x
Glamorgan 7 1.97x
Bedfordshire 6 5.68x
Cumberland 5 2.85x
Kent 2 0.29x
Berkshire 1 0.65x
Gloucestershire 1 0.25x
Hertfordshire 1 0.71x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bedlington in Northumberland leads with 40 Swinhoes recorded in 1881 and an index of 394.87x.

Place Total Index
Bedlington 40 394.87x
Bishopwearmouth 40 76.83x
Swindon 12 85.84x
Wallsend 10 103.95x
Hedworth Monkton Jarrow 8 30.45x
Fulham London 7 23.68x
Swansea Town 7 24.06x
Tanfield 7 97.09x
Westgate 7 37.27x
Bedford St Paul 6 82.87x
Hepscott 6 4000.00x
Islington London 6 3.04x
Crosscanonby 5 86.21x
Elswick 4 16.52x
Great Lumley 4 384.62x
Monkwearmouth Shore 4 33.78x
Bishopwearmouth Panns 3 2307.69x
Monkwearmouth 3 51.72x
Morpeth 3 84.03x
Preston In Tynemouth 3 252.10x
Sunderland 3 28.01x
Byker 2 13.34x
Ealing 2 10.98x
Harraton 2 169.49x
Houghton Le Spring 2 47.73x
Seaton Delaval 2 75.19x
Benwell 1 30.12x
Cheltenham 1 3.24x
E W Thirston With 1 555.56x
Earsdon 1 40.49x
Finchley 1 12.79x
Lee 1 9.90x
Longbenton 1 7.78x
Newtown In Rothbury 1 3333.33x
Shrivenham 1 131.58x
St Albans 1 34.72x
Tonbridge 1 3.99x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 14
Elizabeth 12
Ann 6
Jane 6
Margaret 5
Alice 4
Annie 4
Catherine 3
Dorothy 3
Edith 3
Isabella 3
E. 2
Esther 2
Ethel 2
M. 2
Maria 2
Sarah 2
Susan 2
Agnes 1
Amelia 1
Amy 1
Annabel 1
Barbara 1
Caroline 1
Clara 1
Cora 1
Deborah 1
Diana 1
Dinah 1
Eleanor 1
Eliphalette 1
Eliza 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Emily 1
Emmalina 1
Ester 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Grace 1
Henriette 1
Isabel 1
J.F. 1
Katherine 1
Margret 1
Margt. 1
Maud 1
Patty 1
Ruby 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 20
John 15
Thomas 11
Joseph 9
Robert 7
Thos. 5
George 4
Charles 3
Arthur 2
Ernest 2
James 2
Richardson 2
A. 1
Astley 1
Benjamin 1
Charlton 1
Dawes 1
Edward 1
Frederick 1
G. 1
Geo. 1
Harold 1
Henry 1
J. 1
Matthew 1
Maurice 1
Ralph 1
Richard 1
Rodway 1
S. 1
Waler 1

FAQ

Swinhoe surname: questions and answers

How common was the Swinhoe surname in 1881?

In 1881, 209 people were recorded with the Swinhoe surname. That placed it at #12,475 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Swinhoe surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 375 in 2016. That gives Swinhoe a modern rank of #12,457.

What does the Swinhoe map show?

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