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UK surname

Trice

Derived from the Middle English word "trice," meaning a very short period of time or an instant.

In the 1881 census there were 324 people recorded with the Trice surname, ranking it #9,214 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 433, ranked #11,120, down from #9,214 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Erith, Minster and Rainham. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Tonbridge and Malling, Maidstone and East Riding of Yorkshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Trice is 551 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 33.6%.

1881 census count

324

Ranked #9,214

Modern count

433

2016, ranked #11,120

Peak year

1911

551 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Trice had 324 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,214 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 433 in 2016, ranked #11,120.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 551 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Challenged Communities.

Trice surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Trice surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Trice 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 265 #8,395
1861 historical 229 #10,660
1881 historical 324 #9,214
1891 historical 484 #7,621
1901 historical 435 #8,922
1911 historical 551 #7,274
1997 modern 471 #9,732
1998 modern 497 #9,638
1999 modern 506 #9,574
2000 modern 486 #9,837
2001 modern 469 #9,927
2002 modern 465 #10,163
2003 modern 439 #10,487
2004 modern 439 #10,516
2005 modern 430 #10,575
2006 modern 417 #10,886
2007 modern 427 #10,782
2008 modern 428 #10,869
2009 modern 444 #10,797
2010 modern 472 #10,488
2011 modern 446 #10,863
2012 modern 436 #10,940
2013 modern 459 #10,682
2014 modern 459 #10,731
2015 modern 445 #10,921
2016 modern 433 #11,120

Geography

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Where Trices are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Erith, Minster, Rainham, London parishes and Portsmouth, Portsea. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Tonbridge and Malling, Maidstone, East Riding of Yorkshire and Wycombe. 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 Erith Kent
2 Minster Kent
3 Rainham Kent
4 London parishes London 3
5 Portsmouth, Portsea Hampshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Tonbridge and Malling 012 Tonbridge and Malling
2 Tonbridge and Malling 009 Tonbridge and Malling
3 Maidstone 001 Maidstone
4 East Riding of Yorkshire 016 East Riding of Yorkshire
5 Wycombe 022 Wycombe

Forenames

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First names often paired with Trice

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Trice

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

Baseline UK

Group

Challenged Communities

Nationally, the Trice surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Challenged Communities, within Baseline UK. This does not mean every Trice household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Residents of these neighbourhoods typically live in households with dependent children, and there are fewer-than-average residents of normal retirement age or over. Identification with ethnic minorities, particularly Black, or Mixed or Multiple ethnicities is common. The rate of Christian religious affiliation is low. Housing predominantly consists of semi-detached houses, along with a significant number of terraced properties and flats. Overcrowded social housing is common, and private renting occurs at average UK levels. Those in employment work mainly in caring leisure and other services; process, plant and machine operation; or elementary occupations. Unemployment is high, and few individuals have degree level qualifications. Many of these neighbourhoods occur in commuter towns or less accessible areas of larger towns and cities.

Wider pattern

This Supergroup exemplifies the broad base to the UK’s social structure, encompassing as it does the average or modal levels of many neighbourhood characteristics, including all housing tenures, a range of levels of educational attainment and religious affiliations, and a variety of pre-retirement age structures. Yet, in combination, these mixes are each distinctive of the parts of the UK. Overall, terraced houses and flats are the most prevalent, as is employment in intermediate or low-skilled occupations. However, this Supergroup is also characterised by above average levels of unemployment and lower levels of use of English as the main language. Many neighbourhoods occur in south London and the UK’s other major urban centres.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Trice 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

Trice is most concentrated in decile 4 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

Trice falls in decile 9 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 Trice 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

Meaning and origin of Trice

The surname TRICE is believed to have originated in England, with records dating back to the 13th century. It is thought to be derived from the Old English word "thrycc," which means "a cluster or bundle of twigs or sticks." This suggests that the name may have been initially given as a descriptive surname to someone who worked with bundles of twigs or sticks, perhaps a woodcutter or a basket maker.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name TRICE can be found in the Rotuli Hundredorum, a census-like record compiled in England in the late 13th century. This document mentions a person named William Trice, who lived in Oxfordshire during that time period. The name also appears in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire from 1327, where it is spelled as "Tryse."

In the 16th century, the TRICE surname is found in various parish records and tax rolls across different counties in England. For example, a John Trice was listed in the Lay Subsidy Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1542, while a Thomas Trice appeared in the Protestation Returns of Wiltshire in 1641.

During the 17th century, the name TRICE gained some prominence with the birth of Sir Thomas Trice (1608-1675), an English lawyer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Southampton. He was also appointed as the Recorder of Southampton in 1660.

Another notable figure with the TRICE surname was Benjamin Trice (1655-1713), an English clergy member who served as the Archdeacon of St Albans from 1704 until his death. He was born in Northamptonshire and attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

The name TRICE can also be traced back to various places in England, such as the village of Trice in Gloucestershire, and the hamlet of Trice in Dorset. These place names may have influenced the spelling and pronunciation of the surname over time.

Other individuals with the TRICE surname include John Trice (1670-1718), an English poet and writer from Hertfordshire, and Edward Trice (1835-1903), a British architect who designed several notable buildings in London and other parts of England.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Trice families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Trice 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. Kent leads with 216 Trices recorded in 1881 and an index of 19.91x.

County Total Index
Kent 216 19.91x
Surrey 26 1.68x
Sussex 19 3.54x
Essex 14 2.23x
Middlesex 13 0.41x
Hampshire 9 1.38x
Cornwall 6 1.67x
Glamorgan 6 1.08x
Devon 5 0.76x
Lanarkshire 5 0.49x
Herefordshire 2 1.53x
Royal Navy 2 5.28x
Buckinghamshire 1 0.52x
Monmouthshire 1 0.44x
Somerset 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. Minster In Sheppey in Kent leads with 16 Trices recorded in 1881 and an index of 89.04x.

Place Total Index
Minster In Sheppey 16 89.04x
Rainham 12 402.68x
Woodnesborough 12 1212.12x
Brabourne 10 1234.57x
Canterbury St Peter 9 737.70x
Portsea 9 7.05x
Rochester St Margaret 9 78.67x
Upchurch 9 737.70x
Brighton 8 7.40x
Preston Next Faversham 8 313.73x
Walthanstow 8 769.23x
Fulham London 7 15.18x
Woolwich 7 17.47x
Ashford 6 56.76x
Croydon 6 6.98x
Erith 6 56.13x
Hoo St Mary 6 1818.18x
Lambeth 6 2.16x
Nonington 6 697.67x
West Ham 6 4.33x
Ash Next Sandwich 5 208.33x
Cardiff St John 5 27.64x
Glasgow 5 2.74x
Milstead 5 1785.71x
Richmond 5 23.03x
Sandwich St Mary 5 510.20x
Willesborough 5 171.23x
Deptford St Paul 4 4.78x
Folkestone 4 19.00x
Ickham Well 4 645.16x
Kingsdown In Milton 4 5000.00x
Plumstead 4 11.06x
Saltwood 4 526.32x
Speldhurst 4 72.46x
St Peters 4 79.68x
Stoke Damerel 4 8.63x
Chatham 3 10.05x
Eastchurch 3 280.37x
Greenwich 3 5.93x
Lee 3 19.05x
Maidstone 3 9.28x
Milton In Milton 3 65.08x
Newhaven 3 68.81x
Ninfield 3 454.55x
Portslade 3 91.46x
Shipbourne 3 545.45x
Southwark Christchurch 3 20.13x
St Gluvias Penryn 3 104.17x
Bexley 2 20.86x
Charlton 2 27.74x
Clifford 2 232.56x
Falmouth 2 15.70x
Hythe St Leonard 2 52.22x
Penge 2 9.85x
Ramsgate 2 11.29x
Rotherhithe 2 5.09x
Royal Navy 2 6.17x
Sittingbourne 2 23.34x
Smeeth 2 294.12x
Stanford 2 625.00x
Thornham 2 281.69x
Westminster St 2 17.06x
Wye 2 119.05x
Breage 1 30.40x
Canterbury St Mildred 1 38.91x
Chartham 1 37.04x
Dartford 1 9.02x
Dover St Mary Virgin 1 9.52x
Hastings St Clement 1 19.80x
Hove 1 4.25x
Iver 1 40.32x
Margate St John Baptist 1 5.03x
Mile End Old Town 1 1.99x
Minster In Thanet 1 44.25x
Northfleet 1 10.46x
Norton Folgate London 1 96.15x
Tonbridge 1 2.56x
Tormoham 1 3.57x
Westminster St James 1 3.06x
Weston 1 25.38x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 21
Elizabeth 11
Annie 10
Sarah 10
Eliza 7
Alice 6
Ellen 6
Emily 6
Ada 5
Caroline 5
Emma 5
Louisa 5
Amelia 4
Harriet 4
Jane 4
Margaret 4
Ann 3
Charlotte 3
Edith 3
Fanny 3
Florence 3
Martha 3
Eleanor 2
Maria 2
Rose 2
Sophia 2
Agnes 1
Amey 1
Catherine 1
Clara 1
Constance 1
Elizth. 1
Elsie 1
Esther 1
Gertrude 1
Helena 1
Jessie 1
Kate 1
Lucy 1
Margarie 1
Mariann 1
Matilda 1
Maud 1
Mechele 1
Nellie 1
Phillis 1
Phoebe 1
Rebecca 1
Rhoda 1
Violet 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 18
William 15
John 14
Thomas 11
Henry 9
James 7
Walter 7
Charles 6
Alfred 5
Frederick 5
Richard 5
Robert 5
Samuel 5
Arthur 4
Wm. 4
Harry 3
Albert 2
Benjamin 2
Edward 2
Ernest 2
Jesse 2
Moses 2
Stephen 2
A. 1
Daniel 1
David 1
Edwin 1
Geo. 1
Herbert 1
Hillery 1
Leonard 1
Mark 1
Matthew 1
Oliver 1
Ralph 1
Sydney 1
Thos.Hy. 1

FAQ

Trice surname: questions and answers

How common was the Trice surname in 1881?

In 1881, 324 people were recorded with the Trice surname. That placed it at #9,214 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Trice surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 433 in 2016. That gives Trice a modern rank of #11,120.

What does the Trice surname mean?

Derived from the Middle English word "trice," meaning a very short period of time or an instant.

What does the Trice map show?

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