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UK surname

Tolliday

In the 1881 census there were 169 people recorded with the Tolliday surname, ranking it #14,324 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 331, ranked #13,735, up from #14,324 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Portsmouth, Portsea and St John Hackney. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Fareham, Torbay and Brighton and Hove.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tolliday is 444 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 95.9%.

1881 census count

169

Ranked #14,324

Modern count

331

2016, ranked #13,735

Peak year

2000

444 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tolliday had 169 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #14,324 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 331 in 2016, ranked #13,735.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 307 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tolliday surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tolliday surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tolliday 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 97 #17,484
1861 historical 119 #18,393
1881 historical 169 #14,324
1891 historical 217 #14,062
1901 historical 261 #12,775
1911 historical 307 #11,257
1997 modern 400 #11,013
1998 modern 432 #10,737
1999 modern 416 #11,110
2000 modern 444 #10,559
2001 modern 420 #10,811
2002 modern 425 #10,941
2003 modern 397 #11,316
2004 modern 392 #11,453
2005 modern 374 #11,778
2006 modern 369 #11,965
2007 modern 384 #11,726
2008 modern 385 #11,828
2009 modern 380 #12,198
2010 modern 378 #12,508
2011 modern 357 #12,915
2012 modern 359 #12,698
2013 modern 347 #13,260
2014 modern 347 #13,350
2015 modern 339 #13,493
2016 modern 331 #13,735

Geography

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Where Tollidays are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Portsmouth, Portsea, St John Hackney and Wendling. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Fareham, Torbay, Brighton and Hove and South Cambridgeshire. 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 London parishes London 3
2 Portsmouth, Portsea Hampshire
3 St John Hackney London (North Districts)
4 Wendling Norfolk
5 London parishes London 2

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Fareham 008 Fareham
2 Fareham 012 Fareham
3 Torbay 014 Torbay
4 Brighton and Hove 014 Brighton and Hove
5 South Cambridgeshire 001 South Cambridgeshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tolliday

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tolliday

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

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Tolliday is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, 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

Mainly concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

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

Tolliday 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

Tolliday falls in decile 3 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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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

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

1881 census detail

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Tolliday families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tolliday 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. Cambridgeshire leads with 38 Tollidays recorded in 1881 and an index of 36.18x.

County Total Index
Cambridgeshire 38 36.18x
Middlesex 26 1.57x
Lincolnshire 21 7.92x
Surrey 14 1.73x
Norfolk 13 5.10x
Huntingdonshire 9 27.34x
Durham 8 1.62x
Hampshire 8 2.35x
Staffordshire 8 1.43x
Essex 5 1.53x
Kent 5 0.88x
Yorkshire 5 0.30x
Suffolk 4 1.98x
Sussex 4 1.43x
Oxfordshire 1 0.98x
Royal Navy 1 5.06x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Histon in Cambridgeshire leads with 23 Tollidays recorded in 1881 and an index of 4181.82x.

Place Total Index
Histon 23 4181.82x
Gedney 12 1111.11x
Wendling 10 5000.00x
Alconbury Weston 8 3333.33x
Barrow On Humber 8 519.48x
Handsworth 8 57.97x
Portsea 8 12.01x
Tottenham 8 30.29x
Shoreditch London 7 9.74x
Battersea 6 9.83x
Lambeth 6 4.15x
Esh 5 139.28x
Linthorpe 5 50.97x
Minster In Sheppey 5 53.36x
St Andrewthe Less 5 41.67x
St Pancras London 5 3.75x
Barking 3 31.32x
Hackney London 3 3.23x
Hastings St Mary 3 43.10x
Pelton 3 127.66x
Sudbury St Gregory 3 185.19x
Bethnal Green London 2 2.78x
Chesterton 2 61.73x
St Andrewthe Great 2 147.06x
St Giles Cambridge 2 147.06x
Willingham 2 222.22x
Chelsea London 1 2.00x
East Horsley 1 588.24x
East Walton 1 1000.00x
Ely Holy Trinity St Mary 1 21.83x
Great Grimsby 1 5.94x
Huntingdon All Sts 1 434.78x
Ketteringham 1 1000.00x
Longstow 1 625.00x
Newick 1 163.93x
North Elmham 1 161.29x
Oxford St Ebbe 1 33.22x
Royal Navy 1 5.92x
Sudbury St Peter 1 90.09x
West Ham 1 1.38x
Witley 1 175.44x
Woodford 1 26.95x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Emma 8
Sarah 8
Mary 7
Eliza 6
Emily 6
Elizabeth 5
Annie 4
Jane 4
Alice 2
Anne 2
Clara 2
Edith 2
Fanny 2
Florence 2
Hannah 2
Julia 2
Kate 2
Louisa 2
Lucy 2
Ada 1
Amey 1
Augusta 1
Caroline 1
Celia 1
Easter 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Francis 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Leonara 1
Lilly 1
Martha 1
Maryann 1
Minie 1
Naomi 1
Nellie 1
Sophia 1
Susan 1
Susanna 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 13
George 7
Charles 5
Frederick 5
John 5
Robert 4
David 3
Thomas 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Edward 2
Fredrick 2
Henry 2
Joseph 2
Richard 2
Samson 2
Albert 1
Benjamin 1
Christopher 1
Cornelius 1
Edgar 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Fredk. 1
Fredman 1
Harry 1
Jno. 1
Nathaniel 1
Peter 1
Thos. 1
Tom 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Tolliday surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tolliday surname in 1881?

In 1881, 169 people were recorded with the Tolliday surname. That placed it at #14,324 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tolliday surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 331 in 2016. That gives Tolliday a modern rank of #13,735.

What does the Tolliday map show?

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