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UK surname

Turle

In the 1881 census there were 142 people recorded with the Turle surname, ranking it #16,012 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 75, ranked #33,377, down from #16,012 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bedminster, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bournemouth, Taunton Deane and Mid Devon.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Turle is 172 in 1891. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 47.2%.

1881 census count

142

Ranked #16,012

Modern count

75

2016, ranked #33,377

Peak year

1891

172 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 1911

Key insights

  • Turle had 142 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #16,012 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 75 in 2016, ranked #33,377.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 172 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Turle surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Turle surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Turle 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 98 #17,383
1861 historical 117 #18,635
1881 historical 142 #16,012
1891 historical 172 #16,663
1901 historical 126 #19,970
1911 historical 131 #19,404
1997 modern 100 #26,901
1998 modern 95 #28,303
1999 modern 93 #28,711
2000 modern 93 #28,701
2001 modern 87 #29,161
2002 modern 82 #30,181
2003 modern 83 #30,088
2004 modern 78 #30,919
2005 modern 82 #30,617
2006 modern 77 #31,510
2007 modern 73 #32,287
2008 modern 80 #31,833
2009 modern 85 #31,717
2010 modern 83 #32,396
2011 modern 82 #32,449
2012 modern 74 #33,348
2013 modern 75 #33,409
2014 modern 77 #33,336
2015 modern 77 #33,272
2016 modern 75 #33,377

Geography

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Where Turles are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bedminster, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes, Beckenham and St Mary Islington. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bournemouth, Taunton Deane, Mid Devon, Hammersmith and Fulham and Bath and North East Somerset. 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 Bedminster Somerset
2 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Beckenham Kent
5 St Mary Islington London (North Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bournemouth 006 Bournemouth
2 Taunton Deane 005 Taunton Deane
3 Mid Devon 002 Mid Devon
4 Hammersmith and Fulham 021 Hammersmith and Fulham
5 Bath and North East Somerset 003 Bath and North East Somerset

Forenames

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First names often paired with Turle

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Turle

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Turle 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

Turle is most concentrated in decile 3 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.

3
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Turle falls in decile 7 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname near the middle of the scale.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

7
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Turle is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 70 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 Turle, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Turle families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Turle 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. Somerset leads with 48 Turles recorded in 1881 and an index of 21.53x.

County Total Index
Somerset 48 21.53x
Middlesex 37 2.67x
Hampshire 11 3.87x
Kent 10 2.12x
Durham 8 1.94x
Gloucestershire 7 2.58x
Leicestershire 5 3.26x
Sussex 4 1.71x
Staffordshire 3 0.64x
Lancashire 2 0.12x
Northamptonshire 2 1.54x
Surrey 2 0.30x
Warwickshire 2 0.57x
Devon 1 0.35x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Taunton St Mary in Somerset leads with 27 Turles recorded in 1881 and an index of 660.15x.

Place Total Index
Taunton St Mary 27 660.15x
Taunton St James 17 523.08x
Islington London 11 8.19x
Beckenham 9 145.63x
Paddington London 9 17.67x
Stranton 8 57.68x
Westminster St 6 117.42x
Alverstoke 4 38.91x
Bedminster 4 19.09x
Thornbury 4 215.05x
Brighton 3 6.37x
Chelsea London 3 7.19x
Harborne 3 20.03x
Sileby 3 309.28x
Southampton St Mary 3 16.81x
Barton Stacey 2 769.23x
Birmingham 2 1.72x
Clifton 2 14.57x
Duston 2 169.49x
Mile End Old Town 2 9.15x
St George Hanover 2 11.06x
Walton On Hill 2 22.47x
Basingstoke 1 30.58x
Croydon 1 2.67x
Dartmouth St Saviour 1 121.95x
Enderby 1 125.00x
Hackney London 1 1.29x
Leicester St Mary 1 8.06x
Lewisham 1 3.97x
Richmond 1 10.57x
Rye 1 45.05x
St Faith Winchester 1 75.76x
St Marylebone London 1 1.35x
St Pancras London 1 0.90x
Tottenham 1 4.53x
Winterbourne 1 66.67x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 9
Sarah 8
Emma 5
Catherine 4
Alice 3
Kate 3
Louisa 3
Beatrice 2
Caroline 2
Eliza 2
Elizabeth 2
Florence 2
Jane 2
Adach 1
Ann 1
Annie 1
Clara 1
Constance 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Harriet 1
Heariot 1
Helma 1
Henrietta 1
Jenney 1
Lillian 1
Lilly 1
Lucy 1
Margaret 1
Marion 1
Olivia 1
Rache 1
Rose 1
Sophia 1
Susan 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 8
James 7
John 7
Frederick 5
Francis 3
George 3
Henry 3
Joseph 3
Thomas 3
Charles 2
Corelli 2
Edward 2
Harry 2
Peter 2
Richard 2
Sidney 2
Alfred 1
Arthur 1
Aubrey 1
Chas.E. 1
Chas.J.A. 1
Fredk. 1
H.F. 1
Harold 1
Herbert 1
J.R. 1
Job 1
Percy 1
Philip 1
Walter 1
Wm. 1
Wm.H. 1

FAQ

Turle surname: questions and answers

How common was the Turle surname in 1881?

In 1881, 142 people were recorded with the Turle surname. That placed it at #16,012 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Turle surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 75 in 2016. That gives Turle a modern rank of #33,377.

What does the Turle map show?

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