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UK surname

Tatam

In the 1881 census there were 177 people recorded with the Tatam surname, ranking it #13,889 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 333, ranked #13,670, up from #13,889 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Alkmund, Louth and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include West Lindsey, Derby and Waltham Forest.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tatam is 343 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 88.1%.

1881 census count

177

Ranked #13,889

Modern count

333

2016, ranked #13,670

Peak year

1999

343 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tatam had 177 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #13,889 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 333 in 2016, ranked #13,670.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 299 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tatam surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tatam surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tatam 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 129 #14,406
1861 historical 122 #18,036
1881 historical 177 #13,889
1891 historical 222 #13,854
1901 historical 226 #14,006
1911 historical 299 #11,475
1997 modern 333 #12,615
1998 modern 341 #12,761
1999 modern 343 #12,800
2000 modern 342 #12,771
2001 modern 330 #12,893
2002 modern 337 #12,965
2003 modern 320 #13,239
2004 modern 324 #13,197
2005 modern 322 #13,175
2006 modern 335 #12,883
2007 modern 336 #12,975
2008 modern 343 #12,899
2009 modern 340 #13,244
2010 modern 337 #13,580
2011 modern 337 #13,463
2012 modern 327 #13,654
2013 modern 334 #13,648
2014 modern 341 #13,528
2015 modern 331 #13,739
2016 modern 333 #13,670

Geography

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Where Tatams are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Alkmund, Louth, London parishes, Fleet and Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to West Lindsey, Derby, Waltham Forest, Colchester and South Holland. 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 St Alkmund Derbyshire
2 Louth Lincolnshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Fleet Lincolnshire
5 Colchester St Botolph, St Mary at the Walls, St Giles, St Mary Magdalen, Holy Trinity, St Runwald, a Essex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 West Lindsey 005 West Lindsey
2 Derby 004 Derby
3 Waltham Forest 006 Waltham Forest
4 Colchester 010 Colchester
5 South Holland 004 South Holland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tatam

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tatam

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

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Tatam is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins, 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

Scattered across London’s Inner and Outer suburbs, residents of these neighbourhoods are typically housed in the social rented sector. Although terraced and semi-detached houses predominate, more residents live in flats than elsewhere in the Supergroup. Neighbourhoods are more ethnically diverse than the Supergroup average. Those identifying as of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and some Black ethnicities are more prevalent. Europeans born in a overseas non-EU countries make up more of the lower proportion of residents identifying as White. Few residents are very old (85+). Employment in distribution, hotels and restaurants is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Tatam is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

Tatam falls in decile 6 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Tatam 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 Tatam, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Tatam families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tatam 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. Lincolnshire leads with 41 Tatams recorded in 1881 and an index of 14.85x.

County Total Index
Lincolnshire 41 14.85x
Yorkshire 30 1.75x
Derbyshire 22 8.14x
Anglesey 13 42.48x
Middlesex 12 0.70x
Devon 11 3.06x
Essex 11 3.23x
Lancashire 10 0.49x
Hampshire 7 1.98x
Surrey 7 0.83x
Lanarkshire 5 0.90x
Dorset 2 1.77x
Worcestershire 2 0.89x
Cheshire 1 0.26x
Cornwall 1 0.51x
Gloucestershire 1 0.30x
Somerset 1 0.36x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Cottingham in Yorkshire leads with 14 Tatams recorded in 1881 and an index of 379.40x.

Place Total Index
Cottingham 14 379.40x
Fleet 14 1772.15x
Holyhead 13 228.07x
Little Eaton 12 2142.86x
Greenstead 10 2000.00x
Duffield 9 422.54x
Holbeach 9 293.16x
Kirkdale 8 23.22x
Louth 8 126.38x
Plymouth St Andrew 8 28.90x
Tottenham 7 25.45x
Barony 5 3.54x
Harpswell 5 7142.86x
Sculcoates 5 18.43x
Camberwell 4 3.63x
Heeley 4 76.92x
Millbrook 4 44.89x
Welton Melton 4 800.00x
Ventnor 3 89.02x
Barnstaple 2 35.46x
Blandford Forum 2 89.29x
Kidderminster Borough 2 15.15x
Lambeth 2 1.33x
Ovenden 2 26.28x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.33x
Bourn 1 44.84x
Cheltenham 1 3.83x
Chester Holy Trinity 1 55.87x
Colchester St Botolph 1 34.48x
Derby St Werburgh 1 6.41x
Grainthorpe 1 243.90x
Great Bolton 1 3.68x
Hulme 1 2.34x
Madron Penzance 1 14.06x
Moulton 1 75.19x
Plymouth Charles The 1 6.32x
Potter Hanworth 1 384.62x
Spalding 1 18.25x
St Martin In Fields 1 9.67x
St Pancras London 1 0.72x
Taunton St James 1 24.69x
Twickenham 1 13.51x
Wakefield 1 7.62x
Wandsworth 1 6.02x
Westminster St James 1 5.63x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 12
Elizabeth 7
Sarah 6
Eliza 5
Ann 3
Annie 3
Hannah 3
Margaret 3
Agnes 2
Ellen 2
Emily 2
Emma 2
Grace 2
Harriet 2
Helen 2
Jane 2
Martha 2
Alice 1
Alleta 1
Anna 1
Beatrice 1
Bertha 1
Betsy 1
Catherine 1
Edith 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Enelyn 1
Fanny 1
Florence 1
Georgina 1
Harriette 1
Hetty 1
Louisa 1
Maria 1
Marion 1
Mildred 1
Millicent 1
Naomi 1
Pricilla 1
Selina 1
Susan 1
Zillah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 10
John 9
Charles 7
Thomas 6
George 5
Samuel 5
Edwin 4
Frederick 4
Edward 3
Joseph 3
Robert 3
Albert 2
David 2
Ernest 2
Frank 2
Henry 2
Herbert 2
Walter 2
Adam 1
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Earnest 1
Edwd.John 1
Francis 1
G.W. 1
Harold 1
Isaac 1
James 1
Jesse 1
Marcus 1
Richard 1

FAQ

Tatam surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tatam surname in 1881?

In 1881, 177 people were recorded with the Tatam surname. That placed it at #13,889 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tatam surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 333 in 2016. That gives Tatam a modern rank of #13,670.

What does the Tatam map show?

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