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UK surname

Toothill

In the 1881 census there were 379 people recorded with the Toothill surname, ranking it #8,268 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 337, ranked #13,552, down from #8,268 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bradford, Sheffield and Keighley. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne and Doncaster.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Toothill is 446 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 11.1%.

1881 census count

379

Ranked #8,268

Modern count

337

2016, ranked #13,552

Peak year

1901

446 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Toothill had 379 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,268 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 337 in 2016, ranked #13,552.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 446 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Toothill surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Toothill surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Toothill 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 238 #9,120
1861 historical 235 #10,427
1881 historical 379 #8,268
1891 historical 383 #9,178
1901 historical 446 #8,767
1911 historical 428 #8,827
1997 modern 351 #12,145
1998 modern 357 #12,372
1999 modern 355 #12,478
2000 modern 357 #12,380
2001 modern 349 #12,392
2002 modern 350 #12,620
2003 modern 347 #12,479
2004 modern 339 #12,744
2005 modern 336 #12,767
2006 modern 317 #13,376
2007 modern 333 #13,062
2008 modern 339 #13,022
2009 modern 337 #13,318
2010 modern 347 #13,325
2011 modern 338 #13,435
2012 modern 340 #13,245
2013 modern 349 #13,215
2014 modern 351 #13,227
2015 modern 337 #13,560
2016 modern 337 #13,552

Geography

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Where Toothills are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bradford, Sheffield, Keighley and Halifax. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bradford, Newcastle upon Tyne and Doncaster. 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 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Keighley Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Halifax Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bradford 008 Bradford
2 Bradford 009 Bradford
3 Newcastle upon Tyne 014 Newcastle upon Tyne
4 Bradford 014 Bradford
5 Doncaster 026 Doncaster

Forenames

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First names often paired with Toothill

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Toothill

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Toothill is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Toothill is most concentrated in decile 1 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

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

1881 census detail

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Toothill families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Toothill 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 304 Toothills recorded in 1881 and an index of 8.30x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 304 8.30x
Lancashire 43 0.98x
Middlesex 19 0.51x
Staffordshire 7 0.56x
Derbyshire 4 0.69x
Durham 1 0.09x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.20x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Haworth in Yorkshire leads with 54 Toothills recorded in 1881 and an index of 619.98x.

Place Total Index
Haworth 54 619.98x
Bingley 26 111.44x
Keighley 23 58.90x
Ecclesall Bierlow 21 28.18x
Manningham 20 44.32x
Wilsden 18 478.72x
Horton In Bradford 16 27.97x
Calverley Cum Farsley 15 144.23x
Leeds 15 7.25x
Heaton 14 355.33x
Northowram 14 54.50x
Ainsworth 13 764.71x
Heeley 8 71.88x
Halifax 7 13.02x
Horsforth 7 87.17x
St Marylebone London 7 3.55x
Thornton In Bradford 7 57.38x
Wardleworth 7 27.92x
Wolverhampton 7 7.30x
Bradford 6 6.77x
Burnley 6 16.24x
Hackney London 6 2.89x
Midgley 6 153.85x
St Giles In Fields 6 47.06x
Turton 6 83.57x
Barmbrough 4 298.51x
Salford 4 3.10x
Bury 3 5.99x
Heap 3 12.89x
Sowerby In Halifax 3 25.04x
Wadsworth 3 50.34x
Allerton 2 42.83x
Bradford Girlington 2 121.95x
Derby St Werburgh 2 5.98x
Norton 2 41.93x
Sheffield 2 1.71x
Shipley 2 10.52x
Warley 2 18.89x
Clayton 1 11.15x
Dalton In Huddersfield 1 12.18x
Elton 1 6.60x
Hipperholme Cum 1 6.21x
Rishworth 1 70.92x
Skircoat 1 6.92x
Staindrop 1 59.88x
Wakefield 1 3.56x
Whitwood 1 19.23x
Worksop 1 6.77x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 25
Elizabeth 20
Sarah 20
Annie 10
Martha 10
Ann 8
Emily 7
Emma 7
Ada 5
Eliza 5
Hannah 4
Jane 4
Betty 3
Fanny 3
Harriet 3
Margaret 3
Ruth 3
Susannah 3
Alice 2
Amelia 2
Edith 2
Elizth. 2
Ellen 2
Esther 2
Eva 2
Florence 2
Grace 2
Jennet 2
Judith 2
Matilda 2
Anne 1
Clara 1
Constance 1
Deborah 1
Flora 1
Gertrude 1
Helen 1
Helena 1
Ida 1
Japener 1
Jessie 1
Laura 1
Lily 1
Louisa 1
Marian 1
Marth 1
Miriam 1
Naamah 1
Nancy 1
Nanny 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 19
William 16
Joseph 15
James 13
Thomas 8
Alfred 7
Fred 7
Albert 6
Arthur 5
Henry 5
Richard 5
Sam 5
Frank 4
Walter 4
Watson 4
Abraham 3
Frederick 3
George 3
Herbert 3
Joshua 3
Robert 3
Charles 2
Edward 2
Ernest 2
Harry 2
Jonas 2
Percy 2
Samuel 2
Andrew 1
Arnold 1
Atkinson 1
Benj. 1
Benjamin 1
Bloomer 1
Charley 1
Doctor 1
Edwin 1
Ezra 1
Fred. 1
Hugh 1
Jno.Hy. 1
Lindley 1
Maurice 1
Michael 1
Neville 1
Rachea 1
Ralph 1
Robinson 1
Smith 1
Wright 1

FAQ

Toothill surname: questions and answers

How common was the Toothill surname in 1881?

In 1881, 379 people were recorded with the Toothill surname. That placed it at #8,268 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Toothill surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 337 in 2016. That gives Toothill a modern rank of #13,552.

What does the Toothill map show?

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