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UK surname

Tailby

In the 1881 census there were 377 people recorded with the Tailby surname, ranking it #8,309 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 347, ranked #13,259, down from #8,309 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wigston, Magna, Burton Latimer and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kettering, Rugby and South Somerset.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tailby is 471 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 8.0%.

1881 census count

377

Ranked #8,309

Modern count

347

2016, ranked #13,259

Peak year

1911

471 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tailby had 377 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,309 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 347 in 2016, ranked #13,259.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 471 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tailby surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tailby surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tailby 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 180 #11,300
1861 historical 242 #10,154
1881 historical 377 #8,309
1891 historical 425 #8,429
1901 historical 463 #8,526
1911 historical 471 #8,201
1997 modern 377 #11,508
1998 modern 395 #11,452
1999 modern 378 #11,935
2000 modern 377 #11,903
2001 modern 371 #11,881
2002 modern 369 #12,144
2003 modern 350 #12,417
2004 modern 356 #12,299
2005 modern 342 #12,579
2006 modern 339 #12,754
2007 modern 332 #13,087
2008 modern 334 #13,142
2009 modern 341 #13,214
2010 modern 363 #12,878
2011 modern 354 #12,982
2012 modern 353 #12,877
2013 modern 351 #13,159
2014 modern 357 #13,068
2015 modern 354 #13,063
2016 modern 347 #13,259

Geography

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Where Tailbys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wigston, Magna, Burton Latimer, London parishes, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars and Houghton-on-the-Hill. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Kettering, Rugby and South Somerset. 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 Wigston, Magna Leicestershire
2 Burton Latimer Northamptonshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
5 Houghton-on-the-Hill Leicestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kettering 011 Kettering
2 Rugby 001 Rugby
3 South Somerset 014 South Somerset
4 Rugby 011 Rugby
5 Kettering 002 Kettering

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tailby

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tailby

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Established Homeowners with Children

Within London, Tailby is most associated with areas classed as Established Homeowners with Children, 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 predominantly British-born residents are typically married/in civil partnerships and own the properties in which they are raising their children. Parents are typically over 45, and many other residents are beyond normal retirement age. Detached and semi-detached houses predominate and multiple car ownership is common.

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

Tailby is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Tailby falls in decile 10 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 Tailby is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Tailby, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Tailby families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tailby 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. Leicestershire leads with 156 Tailbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 38.26x.

County Total Index
Leicestershire 156 38.26x
Northamptonshire 95 27.47x
Warwickshire 35 3.77x
Middlesex 18 0.49x
Kent 13 1.04x
Derbyshire 12 2.08x
Staffordshire 12 0.97x
Rutland 9 33.33x
Buckinghamshire 7 3.15x
Surrey 6 0.33x
Lancashire 5 0.11x
Essex 2 0.28x
Shropshire 2 0.63x
Yorkshire 2 0.05x
Huntingdonshire 1 1.37x
Lincolnshire 1 0.17x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.20x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire leads with 32 Tailbys recorded in 1881 and an index of 1531.10x.

Place Total Index
Burton Latimer 32 1531.10x
Wigston Magna 30 554.53x
Leicester St Margaret 20 20.11x
Leicester St Mary 19 57.68x
Desborough 14 538.46x
Ashley 13 3513.51x
Loughborough 12 64.86x
Birmingham 11 3.56x
Cosby 11 873.02x
Braybrooke 10 2222.22x
Houghton On The Hill 9 1730.77x
South Luffenham 9 2093.02x
Rushden 8 172.79x
Aston 7 2.74x
Buckingham 7 154.87x
Edgbaston 7 24.35x
Handsworth 7 22.88x
Litchurch 7 30.21x
Peatling Parva 7 3684.21x
Battersea 6 4.43x
Kensington London 6 2.93x
Kettering 6 42.89x
Leicester St Leonard 6 155.44x
Loddington 6 1818.18x
Heaton Norris 5 20.13x
Kimcote 5 3333.33x
Milton In Gravesend 5 26.57x
Rugby 5 39.84x
Stapenhill 5 58.34x
Sutton Coldfield 5 51.28x
Charlton Next Woolwich 4 30.56x
Desford 4 353.98x
Great Glenn 4 370.37x
Gumley 4 1379.31x
Islington London 4 1.12x
Stoke Upon Trent 4 3.04x
Thurnby 4 1379.31x
Tur Langton 4 1142.86x
Bethnal Green London 3 1.88x
Ealing 3 9.13x
Plumstead 3 7.17x
Belgrave 2 21.74x
Billesdon 2 188.68x
Kibworth Harcourt 2 350.88x
Kimcote Knaptoft 2 357.14x
Maxey 2 259.74x
Skeffington 2 1052.63x
St George Hanover 2 4.17x
West Ham 2 1.25x
Brampton 1 65.79x
Broughton Astley 1 112.36x
Bugbrooke 1 88.50x
Burton Upon Trent 1 3.44x
Bushby 1 1428.57x
East Heslerton 1 263.16x
Great Creaton 1 250.00x
Husbands Bosworth 1 95.24x
Narborough 1 89.29x
Newport 1 26.11x
Normanton 1 9.13x
Northampton Priory St 1 4.82x
Pinchbeck 1 26.53x
Shangton 1 1111.11x
Shrewsbury St Julian 1 12.72x
Sutton Bonnington 1 78.74x
Swinford 1 196.08x
Tugby 1 232.56x
Wellingborough 1 5.75x
Woolwich 1 2.16x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 30
Emma 14
Elizabeth 13
Sarah 12
Ann 7
Eliza 7
Ellen 7
Annie 6
Kate 5
Jane 4
Maria 4
Maud 4
Agnes 3
Anne 3
Edith 3
Emily 3
Florence 3
Gertrude 3
Lucy 3
Ada 2
Alice 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Fanny 2
Hanna 2
Harriet 2
Louisa 2
Louise 2
Matilda 2
Rebecca 2
Susannah 2
Amy 1
Bertha 1
Catharin 1
Christine 1
Elizh. 1
Ether 1
Eveline 1
Flora 1
Frances 1
Hannah 1
Helen 1
Hessey 1
Jeanette 1
Lizzie 1
Madeline 1
Martha 1
Rosanna 1
Ruth 1
Voilette 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 29
William 26
George 15
James 12
Thomas 9
Alfred 8
Arthur 8
Charles 8
Frederick 6
Harry 6
Joseph 6
Joshua 5
Ernest 4
Henry 4
Mark 4
Edward 3
Levi 3
Robert 3
Sidney 3
Walter 3
Frank 2
Herbert 2
Tom 2
A.Norman 1
Albert 1
Amos 1
Andrew 1
Auther 1
Charley 1
Clement 1
David 1
Edwd. 1
Elias 1
Francis 1
Fred 1
Geoffrey 1
Jno. 1
Simeon 1
Simon 1
Stephen 1
Vernon 1
Wallis 1
Will 1
Wilmot 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Tailby surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tailby surname in 1881?

In 1881, 377 people were recorded with the Tailby surname. That placed it at #8,309 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tailby surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 347 in 2016. That gives Tailby a modern rank of #13,259.

What does the Tailby map show?

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