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UK surname

Tildesley

In the 1881 census there were 447 people recorded with the Tildesley surname, ranking it #7,350 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 575, ranked #8,995, down from #7,350 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolverhampton, Eccleshall and Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Shropshire, Wakefield and Dudley.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tildesley is 701 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 28.6%.

1881 census count

447

Ranked #7,350

Modern count

575

2016, ranked #8,995

Peak year

1911

701 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tildesley had 447 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,350 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 575 in 2016, ranked #8,995.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 701 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tildesley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tildesley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tildesley 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 193 #10,704
1861 historical 213 #11,419
1881 historical 447 #7,350
1891 historical 490 #7,550
1901 historical 631 #6,795
1911 historical 701 #6,076
1997 modern 603 #8,110
1998 modern 669 #7,742
1999 modern 658 #7,874
2000 modern 641 #8,015
2001 modern 629 #7,985
2002 modern 640 #8,050
2003 modern 625 #8,060
2004 modern 628 #8,053
2005 modern 589 #8,388
2006 modern 577 #8,533
2007 modern 575 #8,629
2008 modern 585 #8,584
2009 modern 588 #8,722
2010 modern 614 #8,638
2011 modern 596 #8,735
2012 modern 582 #8,793
2013 modern 582 #8,931
2014 modern 586 #8,954
2015 modern 574 #9,015
2016 modern 575 #8,995

Geography

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Where Tildesleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wolverhampton, Eccleshall, Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington, Leigh and Halesowen (all except Hunnington, Romsley; partly in Halesowen, Worcestershire). These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Shropshire, Wakefield, Dudley and Lichfield. 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 Wolverhampton Staffordshire
2 Eccleshall Staffordshire
3 Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington Staffordshire
4 Leigh Lancashire
5 Halesowen (all except Hunnington, Romsley; partly in Halesowen, Worcestershire) Staffordshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Shropshire 034 Shropshire
2 Wakefield 043 Wakefield
3 Dudley 034 Dudley
4 Dudley 039 Dudley
5 Lichfield 008 Lichfield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tildesley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tildesley

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Tildesley is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. 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

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Tildesley is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Tildesley 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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Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Tildesley 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Tildesley, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Tildesley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tildesley 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. Staffordshire leads with 187 Tildesleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.73x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 187 12.73x
Lancashire 67 1.30x
Middlesex 46 1.06x
Worcestershire 35 6.16x
Berkshire 20 6.12x
Bedfordshire 16 7.10x
Cheshire 16 1.67x
Shropshire 13 3.46x
Yorkshire 11 0.26x
Buckinghamshire 8 3.04x
Cumberland 6 1.60x
Derbyshire 5 0.73x
Surrey 5 0.24x
Somerset 3 0.43x
Warwickshire 2 0.18x
Anglesey 1 1.30x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.36x
Devon 1 0.11x
Essex 1 0.12x
Leicestershire 1 0.21x
Sussex 1 0.14x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Willenhall in Staffordshire leads with 40 Tildesleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 145.40x.

Place Total Index
Willenhall 40 145.40x
Halesowen 28 561.12x
Stafford St Mary 24 115.44x
Eccleshall 21 377.02x
Seighford 21 1794.87x
Stoke Upon Trent 17 10.92x
Wolverhampton 12 10.63x
Atherton 11 58.54x
Castle Church 11 124.58x
Newcastle Under Lyme 10 38.48x
Bedford St Paul 9 58.25x
Bromley London 9 9.40x
Barrow In Furness 8 11.39x
Great Faringdon 8 170.58x
Great Marlow 8 112.68x
Pilkington 8 40.80x
Weston In Runcorn 8 320.00x
Bedford St Mary 7 120.69x
Cheadle 7 38.17x
Chelsea London 7 5.34x
Reading St Giles 7 21.85x
Willesden 7 17.07x
Broseley 6 89.82x
Hindley 6 27.26x
Millom 6 52.26x
Penkridge 6 158.31x
Pennington In Leigh 6 60.61x
Great Bolton 5 7.31x
Hammersmith London 5 4.67x
Hawn 5 471.70x
Heston 5 34.60x
North Meols 5 9.90x
Pendleton In Salford 5 8.13x
Rawmarsh 5 32.83x
Wokingham 5 67.11x
Chebsey 4 533.33x
Chesterfield 4 15.67x
Colwich 4 114.61x
St George Hanover 4 7.04x
Stone 4 21.30x
Wednesbury 4 10.90x
Bedminster 3 4.56x
Bilston 3 10.54x
Edgmond 3 72.46x
Hulme 3 2.78x
Lambeth 3 0.79x
Limehouse London 3 6.28x
Manchester 3 1.29x
Norton In Hales 3 535.71x
Rotherham 3 12.35x
Worsbrough 3 23.75x
Cannock 2 7.81x
Hasbury 2 53.76x
Ranton 2 476.19x
Richmond 2 6.73x
Rusholme 2 14.52x
Barton Upon Irwell 1 2.57x
Beaumaris 1 35.21x
Berkswich 1 111.11x
Bilton 1 39.53x
Brighton 1 0.68x
Ealing 1 2.57x
Edgbaston 1 2.94x
Ermington 1 30.40x
Fulwood 1 17.92x
Greenstead 1 80.00x
Harrow On The Hill 1 11.51x
Litchurch 1 3.65x
Little Hulton 1 11.70x
Little Woolton 1 67.11x
Liverpool 1 0.32x
Norwood 1 10.05x
Paddington London 1 0.63x
St Marythe Less 1 59.52x
St Pancras London 1 0.29x
St Paul Covent Garden 1 22.99x
Stirchley 1 263.16x
Swinford 1 166.67x
Tettenhall 1 11.14x
Toft 1 384.62x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 37
Eliza 14
Sarah 14
Ann 13
Emma 12
Alice 9
Annie 8
Elizabeth 8
Jane 8
Harriet 7
Hannah 6
Ada 5
Emily 5
Ellen 4
Florence 4
Julia 4
Martha 4
Anne 3
Frances 3
Lucy 3
Lydia 3
Margaret 3
Maria 3
Phoebe 3
Caroline 2
Catherine 2
Clara 2
Fanney 2
Gertrude 2
Lizzie 2
Susan 2
Addiline 1
Beatrice 1
Bertha 1
Eleanor 1
Elizia 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Fanny 1
Francis 1
Georgina 1
Grace 1
Hilda 1
Isabel 1
Isabella 1
Jessie 1
Katherine 1
Letitia 1
Louisa 1
Violetta 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 24
Thomas 20
William 20
George 17
James 14
Joseph 14
Richard 11
Frederick 8
Charles 7
Henry 6
Arthur 5
Edward 4
Francis 4
Alfred 3
Frank 3
Herbert 3
Jeffery 3
Benjamin 2
Edwin 2
Harry 2
Josiah 2
Major 2
Thos. 2
Cecil 1
Christopher 1
Claude 1
Clement 1
David 1
Edwd. 1
Elijah 1
Enoch 1
Ephrim 1
Ernest 1
Felix 1
Fredk. 1
H. 1
Harold 1
Hine 1
Isaac 1
Jeffrey 1
Jesse 1
Jno. 1
Leonard 1
Paul 1
Roger 1
Roland 1
Samuel 1
Silas 1
Sydney 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Tildesley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tildesley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 447 people were recorded with the Tildesley surname. That placed it at #7,350 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tildesley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 575 in 2016. That gives Tildesley a modern rank of #8,995.

What does the Tildesley map show?

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