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UK surname

Tattersfield

In the 1881 census there were 279 people recorded with the Tattersfield surname, ranking it #10,230 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 249, ranked #16,847, down from #10,230 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Mirfield, Hull Holy Trinity and Birstall. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kirklees and Leeds.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tattersfield is 297 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 10.8%.

1881 census count

279

Ranked #10,230

Modern count

249

2016, ranked #16,847

Peak year

1901

297 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tattersfield had 279 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,230 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 249 in 2016, ranked #16,847.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 297 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Tattersfield surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tattersfield surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tattersfield 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 152 #12,786
1861 historical 137 #16,465
1881 historical 279 #10,230
1891 historical 272 #11,957
1901 historical 297 #11,721
1911 historical 293 #11,650
1997 modern 294 #13,707
1998 modern 280 #14,550
1999 modern 283 #14,501
2000 modern 277 #14,688
2001 modern 278 #14,444
2002 modern 287 #14,402
2003 modern 272 #14,746
2004 modern 260 #15,309
2005 modern 251 #15,590
2006 modern 252 #15,642
2007 modern 260 #15,476
2008 modern 260 #15,648
2009 modern 267 #15,661
2010 modern 274 #15,705
2011 modern 278 #15,390
2012 modern 265 #15,862
2013 modern 252 #16,689
2014 modern 257 #16,598
2015 modern 255 #16,564
2016 modern 249 #16,847

Geography

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Where Tattersfields are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Mirfield, Hull Holy Trinity, Birstall, Batley and St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Kirklees and Leeds. 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 Mirfield Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
3 Birstall Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
5 St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kirklees 016 Kirklees
2 Kirklees 018 Kirklees
3 Kirklees 012 Kirklees
4 Kirklees 020 Kirklees
5 Leeds 108 Leeds

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tattersfield

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tattersfield

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Tattersfield, 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 Tattersfield surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Tattersfield 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

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Tattersfield 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

Tattersfield is most concentrated in decile 9 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

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

1881 census detail

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Tattersfield families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tattersfield 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 235 Tattersfields recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.71x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 235 8.71x
Lancashire 19 0.59x
Middlesex 16 0.59x
Warwickshire 6 0.87x
Northamptonshire 1 0.39x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.27x
Surrey 1 0.08x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Mirfield in Yorkshire leads with 71 Tattersfields recorded in 1881 and an index of 479.41x.

Place Total Index
Mirfield 71 479.41x
Heckmondwike 48 553.63x
Dewsbury 34 122.92x
Batley 12 46.82x
Ossett Cum Gawthorpe 12 124.61x
Heap 10 58.38x
Liversedge 8 66.61x
Bramley In Bramley 7 67.83x
Hackney London 7 4.59x
York All Sts Pavement 7 2258.06x
Holy Trinity St Mary 6 145.99x
Leamington 6 131.87x
Shoreditch London 5 4.24x
Leeds 4 2.63x
Mile End Old Town 4 9.31x
Over Darwen 4 15.50x
Pudsey 4 27.74x
Soothill 4 41.07x
Castleton 3 9.30x
Sculcoates 3 7.02x
Thornhill 3 38.12x
York St Margaret 3 179.64x
Huddersfield 2 5.09x
Little Bolton 2 4.82x
Manningham 2 6.02x
York St Crux 2 259.74x
York St John Micklegate 2 307.69x
East Molesey 1 32.47x
Kirkheaton 1 22.88x
Nottingham St Mary 1 1.05x
Weedon Beck 1 54.64x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 16
Sarah 15
Martha 11
Ann 10
Elizabeth 8
Alice 6
Annie 5
Hannah 5
Jane 5
Bertha 3
Ellen 3
Emma 3
Julia 3
Amy 2
Caroline 2
Constance 2
Emily 2
Fanny 2
Louesia 2
Louisa 2
Lucy 2
Alma 1
Anne 1
Arabella 1
Betsy 1
Catharine 1
Charlotte 1
E. 1
Eleanor 1
Eliza. 1
Ethel 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Grace 1
Hamyele 1
Harriet 1
Ischa 1
Janet 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Loesia 1
Lydia 1
Mallinda 1
Mararett 1
Maria 1
Maud 1
Minnie 1
Priscilla 1
Rebecca 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 19
Joseph 11
Alfred 7
James 7
Henry 6
William 6
George 5
Samuel 4
Arthur 3
Edward 3
Jeremiah 3
Robert 3
Walter 3
Allen 2
Charles 2
Daniel 2
Edwin 2
Frank 2
Fred. 2
Harold 2
Richard 2
Thomas 2
Benjamin 1
Chas 1
Clifford 1
Crossley 1
Crowther 1
Dan 1
Enoch 1
Eric 1
Ernest 1
Florence 1
Fred 1
Fredk. 1
Gomersall 1
Guy 1
Harrold 1
Infant 1
Jas. 1
Jas.W. 1
Jno. 1
Josiah 1
Leonard 1
Mark 1
Matthew 1
Moses 1
Obadiah 1
Oliver 1
Perceival 1
Wilson 1

FAQ

Tattersfield surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tattersfield surname in 1881?

In 1881, 279 people were recorded with the Tattersfield surname. That placed it at #10,230 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tattersfield surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 249 in 2016. That gives Tattersfield a modern rank of #16,847.

What does the Tattersfield map show?

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