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UK surname

Tebb

In the 1881 census there were 329 people recorded with the Tebb surname, ranking it #9,107 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 320, ranked #14,096, down from #9,107 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya, Cotham and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North Kesteven, Cheshire East and Bradford.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tebb is 525 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has stayed broadly stable by 2.7%.

1881 census count

329

Ranked #9,107

Modern count

320

2016, ranked #14,096

Peak year

1911

525 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tebb had 329 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,107 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 320 in 2016, ranked #14,096.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 525 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Tebb surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tebb surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tebb 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 177 #11,441
1861 historical 185 #12,799
1881 historical 329 #9,107
1891 historical 383 #9,178
1901 historical 471 #8,420
1911 historical 525 #7,551
1997 modern 375 #11,555
1998 modern 384 #11,727
1999 modern 386 #11,740
2000 modern 378 #11,882
2001 modern 382 #11,606
2002 modern 386 #11,740
2003 modern 354 #12,319
2004 modern 345 #12,571
2005 modern 317 #13,323
2006 modern 329 #13,044
2007 modern 335 #13,001
2008 modern 326 #13,374
2009 modern 331 #13,483
2010 modern 335 #13,645
2011 modern 321 #13,940
2012 modern 319 #13,898
2013 modern 333 #13,682
2014 modern 327 #13,976
2015 modern 316 #14,214
2016 modern 320 #14,096

Geography

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Where Tebbs are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya, Cotham, London parishes, Leeds and Manchester. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North Kesteven, Cheshire East, Bradford, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock. 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 Swineshead, North Forty Foot Bank, Drainage Marsh, Forty-foot Bridge, Gibbet Hills, Rakes Farm, Roya Lincolnshire
2 Cotham Nottinghamshire
3 London parishes London 1
4 Leeds Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Manchester Lancashire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North Kesteven 010 North Kesteven
2 Cheshire East 008 Cheshire East
3 Bradford 004 Bradford
4 Southend-on-Sea 009 Southend-on-Sea
5 Thurrock 005 Thurrock

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tebb

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tebb

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Tebb surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Tebb 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 predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs

Group

London Fringe

Within London, Tebb is most associated with areas classed as London Fringe, part of Older Residents in Owner-Occupied Suburbs. 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

Predominantly located in neighbourhoods on the outskirts of Greater London, residents of these neighbourhoods typically have their highest qualifications below degree (Level 4) level, with those still in work engaged in skilled trades and occupations in distribution, hotels and restaurants. There is low ethnic diversity in these neighbourhoods and high levels of Christian religious affiliation. Detached or terraced houses predominate, often with spare rooms.

Wider London pattern

The age distribution of these neighbourhoods is skewed towards the middle-aged and old, although few residents live alone or in communal establishments and numbers of dependent children are around average. Owner occupation is the norm, as is residence in detached or semi-detached houses. Residential densities are low and many households have spare rooms. Most residents were born in the UK and, aside from some identifying as members of Chinese or Indian ethnicities, identify as White. Mixed ethnicity households are rare. Incidence of married couples is higher than average and few individuals have never been married. A large proportion of individuals still in employment work in administrative and secretarial occupations, or in the construction industry. Few residents are students, and many households own more than one car.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Tebb 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

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

1881 census detail

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Tebb families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tebb 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 122 Tebbs recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.84x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 122 3.84x
Lincolnshire 67 13.06x
Nottinghamshire 36 8.32x
Middlesex 26 0.81x
Leicestershire 19 5.34x
Lancashire 18 0.47x
Surrey 10 0.64x
Northamptonshire 8 2.65x
Durham 7 0.73x
Hampshire 7 1.06x
Kent 6 0.55x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.49x
Derbyshire 1 0.20x
Northumberland 1 0.21x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Spalding in Lincolnshire leads with 16 Tebbs recorded in 1881 and an index of 157.17x.

Place Total Index
Spalding 16 157.17x
Newark Upon Trent 13 83.60x
St Pancras London 11 4.26x
Coneythorpe 10 11111.11x
Bayards Leap 9 1666.67x
Horton In Bradford 9 18.12x
Lambeth 9 3.22x
Leicester St Margaret 9 10.37x
Newington 9 102.74x
Sawley In Ripon 9 2195.12x
Barsby 8 2857.14x
Beverley St Mary 8 172.41x
Bewerley 8 610.69x
Nottingham St Mary 8 7.15x
Carrington 7 2121.21x
Cotham 7 5000.00x
Ellingstring 7 5384.62x
Hammersmith London 7 8.86x
Holy Trinity 7 9.15x
Swineshead 7 414.20x
Winlaton 7 76.42x
Beckenham 6 41.93x
Digby 6 1818.18x
Horbling 6 1090.91x
Hulme 6 7.55x
Southampton St Mary 6 14.51x
Barwick In Elmet 5 204.92x
Bingley 5 24.69x
Harwood 5 251.26x
Micklefield 5 657.89x
Raskelf 5 943.40x
South Crosland 5 149.25x
Chorlton On Medlock 4 6.61x
Easingwold 4 177.78x
Hartwith Cum Winsley 4 341.88x
Kettering 4 32.76x
Leasingham 4 975.61x
Boroughbridge 3 280.37x
Cleckheaton 3 25.62x
Clerkenwell London 3 3.96x
Kensington London 3 1.68x
Little Ouseburn 3 1153.85x
Ruddington 3 103.45x
Ashby Folville 2 1428.57x
Beckingham 2 526.32x
Bradford 2 11.22x
Carlton Miniott 2 476.19x
Donington 2 108.70x
Edmonton 2 7.73x
High Low Bishopside 2 70.92x
Knaresborough 2 40.08x
Long Bennington 2 200.00x
Peterborough 2 9.15x
Thrapston 2 131.58x
Coxlodge 1 27.55x
East Stoke 1 434.78x
Ellingtons 1 1000.00x
Flawborough 1 1250.00x
Fosdyke 1 188.68x
Gosberton 1 43.86x
Hawton 1 322.58x
Heckington 1 51.28x
Huddersfield 1 2.16x
Laverton 1 294.12x
Mansfield 1 6.68x
Middlesbrough 1 2.41x
Moss Side 1 4.99x
Newby Wiske 1 416.67x
Newington 1 0.84x
Pinchbeck 1 30.40x
Portsmouth 1 6.60x
Sawley 1 66.23x
South Kyme 1 172.41x
St Marythe Less 1 80.65x
Sutterton 1 98.04x
Worksop 1 7.79x
York St Martin Mklgt W 1 138.89x
York St Mary 1 7.59x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 31
William 25
George 14
Joseph 12
Alfred 9
Robert 8
Thomas 8
Richard 5
Arthur 4
Fred 4
Harry 4
James 4
Edward 3
Henry 3
Albert 2
Charles 2
Christopher 2
Frederick 2
Samuel 2
Abraham 1
Algeron 1
Chas. 1
Cliff 1
Edmund 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Frank 1
Fredk. 1
Harold 1
Josiah 1
Lethwaite 1
Mark 1
Mathew 1
Maurice 1
Thos. 1
Tom 1
Vernon 1
Wilfred 1
Wm.Robinson 1

FAQ

Tebb surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tebb surname in 1881?

In 1881, 329 people were recorded with the Tebb surname. That placed it at #9,107 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tebb surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 320 in 2016. That gives Tebb a modern rank of #14,096.

What does the Tebb map show?

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