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UK surname

Tristram

In the 1881 census there were 305 people recorded with the Tristram surname, ranking it #9,615 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 591, ranked #8,825, up from #9,615 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to St Alkmund, St Werburgh and Holcombe Rogus. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Neath Port Talbot and East Hertfordshire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tristram is 647 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 93.8%.

1881 census count

305

Ranked #9,615

Modern count

591

2016, ranked #8,825

Peak year

2000

647 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tristram had 305 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,615 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 591 in 2016, ranked #8,825.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 461 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tristram surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tristram surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tristram 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 181 #11,256
1861 historical 133 #16,835
1881 historical 305 #9,615
1891 historical 315 #10,669
1901 historical 376 #9,899
1911 historical 461 #8,344
1997 modern 641 #7,739
1998 modern 637 #8,026
1999 modern 646 #7,994
2000 modern 647 #7,961
2001 modern 633 #7,937
2002 modern 646 #7,990
2003 modern 632 #7,994
2004 modern 621 #8,134
2005 modern 603 #8,247
2006 modern 596 #8,326
2007 modern 620 #8,149
2008 modern 624 #8,160
2009 modern 616 #8,428
2010 modern 642 #8,326
2011 modern 641 #8,241
2012 modern 606 #8,541
2013 modern 620 #8,515
2014 modern 606 #8,743
2015 modern 589 #8,850
2016 modern 591 #8,825

Geography

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Where Tristrams are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around St Alkmund, St Werburgh, Holcombe Rogus, Madley and Treeton (Treeton), Anston (Wales). These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Neath Port Talbot and East Hertfordshire. 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 St Alkmund Derbyshire
2 St Werburgh Derbyshire
3 Holcombe Rogus Somerset
4 Madley Herefordshire
5 Treeton (Treeton), Anston (Wales) Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Neath Port Talbot 005 Neath Port Talbot
2 Neath Port Talbot 012 Neath Port Talbot
3 Neath Port Talbot 013 Neath Port Talbot
4 East Hertfordshire 012 East Hertfordshire
5 Neath Port Talbot 008 Neath Port Talbot

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tristram

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tristram

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

Tristram 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

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

1881 census detail

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Tristram families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tristram 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. Lancashire leads with 54 Tristrams recorded in 1881 and an index of 1.53x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 54 1.53x
Staffordshire 41 4.08x
Derbyshire 27 5.80x
Herefordshire 23 18.85x
Middlesex 20 0.67x
Surrey 17 1.17x
Yorkshire 17 0.58x
Devon 15 2.42x
Hampshire 14 2.30x
Essex 10 1.70x
Shropshire 10 3.89x
Leicestershire 9 2.73x
Somerset 9 1.88x
Denbighshire 5 4.45x
Radnorshire 5 20.83x
Carmarthenshire 4 3.19x
Cheshire 4 0.61x
Glamorgan 3 0.58x
Midlothian 3 0.75x
Kent 2 0.20x
Nottinghamshire 2 0.50x
Warwickshire 2 0.27x
Aberdeenshire 1 0.36x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.53x
Cornwall 1 0.30x
Durham 1 0.11x
Flintshire 1 1.25x
Gloucestershire 1 0.17x
Oxfordshire 1 0.54x
Sussex 1 0.20x
Wiltshire 1 0.38x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Kingswinford in Staffordshire leads with 17 Tristrams recorded in 1881 and an index of 46.63x.

Place Total Index
Kingswinford 17 46.63x
Kensington London 14 8.46x
Wales 14 600.86x
Leek Lowe 13 97.31x
Derby St Werburgh 12 44.63x
Elton 10 81.97x
Holcombe Rogus 10 1333.33x
Newington 10 9.10x
Derby St Alkmund 9 64.47x
Leicester St Mary 9 33.77x
Liverpool 9 4.20x
Bramshott 8 533.33x
Dawley 8 85.56x
Stoke Upon Trent 7 6.57x
Wellington 7 107.86x
Derby St Peter 6 40.43x
Hulme 6 8.14x
South Shoebury 6 254.24x
Withington 6 750.00x
Burlescombe 5 595.24x
Erbistock 5 1666.67x
Madley 5 581.40x
Salford 5 4.82x
Toxteth Park 5 4.18x
Whitton 5 2941.18x
Wickham 5 446.43x
Albury 4 303.03x
Carmarthen St Peter 4 37.31x
Hackney London 4 2.40x
Leominster Out 4 347.83x
Macclesfield 4 13.70x
Ross 4 82.47x
Stretford 4 20.60x
West Derby 4 3.87x
West Ham 4 3.09x
Cardiff St Mary 3 10.52x
Royton 3 27.78x
Bradford 2 12.11x
Caverswall 2 38.31x
Godalming 2 21.91x
Kirkdale 2 3.37x
Oldham 2 1.76x
South Leith 2 4.46x
Stanton Lacy 2 90.09x
Aberdeen St Nicholas 1 1.94x
Altcar 1 178.57x
Birmingham 1 0.40x
Brighton 1 0.99x
Cheltenham 1 2.22x
Eardisland 1 125.00x
East Retford 1 28.74x
Everton 1 0.89x
Fareham 1 13.64x
Hampstead London 1 2.16x
Inveresk 1 9.27x
Kewstoke 1 133.33x
Leominster 1 19.80x
Limpsfield 1 71.94x
Madron Penzance 1 8.16x
Maidstone 1 3.31x
Marstow 1 666.67x
North Bailey South 1 227.27x
Nottingham St Mary 1 0.96x
Overton 1 117.65x
Pipe Lyde 1 416.67x
Rugby 1 9.85x
S Stoke 1 116.28x
Settle 1 44.25x
Sowerby In Halifax 1 10.37x
St Giles Cambridge 1 41.15x
Sutton At Hone 1 47.39x
Tipton 1 3.25x
Trowbridge 1 8.60x
Upper Hallam 1 39.06x
Whitechapel London 1 3.41x
Wiveliscombe 1 37.45x
Wolverhampton 1 1.30x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 17
Sarah 15
Elizabeth 8
Jane 7
Caroline 5
Charlotte 5
Eliza 5
Edith 4
Emily 4
Francis 4
Ada 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Harriet 3
Kate 3
Louisa 3
Maria 3
Martha 3
Anne 2
Blanche 2
Eleanor 2
Elizth. 2
Ellen 2
Esther 2
Flora 2
Hannah 2
Helen 2
Selina 2
Alice 1
Amelia 1
Amy 1
Ann 1
Catherine 1
Cathrine 1
Constance 1
Emalia 1
Ester 1
Florenda 1
Frances 1
Harriett 1
Hart. 1
Heather 1
Isabella 1
Jennet 1
Jessie 1
Josephine 1
L. 1
Lilian 1
Lilly 1
Margaret 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 21
William 17
James 15
Henry 11
George 8
Thomas 8
Charles 7
Samuel 5
Joseph 3
Robert 3
Thos. 3
Alfred 2
Blyton 2
Edwin 2
Herbert 2
Jno. 2
W.H. 2
Adam 1
Albert 1
Arthur 1
Avis 1
Barrington 1
Bower 1
Christopher 1
Edgar 1
Edmund 1
Enoch 1
Francis 1
Fredk. 1
Fredk.William 1
Geo. 1
Harold 1
Harry 1
Henery 1
Isaac 1
Jas.Herbt. 1
Josiah 1
Miles 1
Percy 1
Richard 1
Saml.H. 1
Thos 1
Twedale 1
Uvedale 1
Wm. 1
Wm.Jno. 1

FAQ

Tristram surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tristram surname in 1881?

In 1881, 305 people were recorded with the Tristram surname. That placed it at #9,615 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tristram surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 591 in 2016. That gives Tristram a modern rank of #8,825.

What does the Tristram map show?

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