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UK surname

Tyley

In the 1881 census there were 165 people recorded with the Tyley surname, ranking it #14,559 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 108, ranked #29,578, down from #14,559 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Oswestry and Wedmore. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Kilmacolm Central, Chiltern and Mendip.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Tyley is 173 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 34.5%.

1881 census count

165

Ranked #14,559

Modern count

108

2016, ranked #29,578

Peak year

1911

173 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Tyley had 165 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #14,559 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 108 in 2016, ranked #29,578.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 173 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Tyley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Tyley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Tyley 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 118 #15,362
1861 historical 131 #17,052
1881 historical 165 #14,559
1891 historical 163 #17,300
1901 historical 166 #17,011
1911 historical 173 #16,361
1997 modern 119 #24,302
1998 modern 112 #25,856
1999 modern 112 #26,044
2000 modern 111 #26,111
2001 modern 106 #26,468
2002 modern 102 #27,596
2003 modern 104 #27,101
2004 modern 105 #27,181
2005 modern 100 #28,025
2006 modern 102 #27,926
2007 modern 100 #28,669
2008 modern 102 #28,664
2009 modern 108 #28,311
2010 modern 113 #28,162
2011 modern 107 #28,979
2012 modern 99 #30,442
2013 modern 112 #28,675
2014 modern 112 #28,934
2015 modern 108 #29,512
2016 modern 108 #29,578

Geography

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Where Tyleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Oswestry, Wedmore, Merthyr Dovan, Highlight and London parishes. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Kilmacolm Central, Chiltern, Mendip, The Vale of Glamorgan and Bedford. 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 Oswestry Shropshire
3 Wedmore Somerset
4 Merthyr Dovan, Highlight Glamorganshire
5 London parishes London 2

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Kilmacolm Central Inverclyde
2 Chiltern 011 Chiltern
3 Mendip 010 Mendip
4 The Vale of Glamorgan 012 Vale of Glamorgan
5 Bedford 008 Bedford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Tyley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Tyley

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

Tyley is most concentrated in decile 5 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

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

1881 census detail

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Tyley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Tyley 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 65 Tyleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.09x.

County Total Index
Somerset 65 25.09x
Gloucestershire 29 9.19x
Shropshire 20 14.38x
Middlesex 15 0.93x
Wiltshire 12 8.43x
Brecknockshire 8 24.86x
Lancashire 3 0.16x
Monmouthshire 3 2.58x
Surrey 3 0.38x
Glamorgan 2 0.71x
Oxfordshire 2 2.01x
Durham 1 0.21x
Hampshire 1 0.30x
Northamptonshire 1 0.66x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Oswestry Town in Shropshire leads with 20 Tyleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 449.44x.

Place Total Index
Oswestry Town 20 449.44x
Wedmore 19 1124.26x
Cheddar 14 1076.92x
Bedminster 10 41.08x
Stapleton 10 166.94x
Llanelly 8 207.79x
Clifton 7 43.86x
Rodney Stoke 7 3888.89x
Shoreditch London 7 10.03x
Bristol St Michael 5 184.50x
Swindon 5 45.29x
Weston Super Mare 4 61.16x
Aberystruth 3 29.24x
Bristol St Augustine 3 58.94x
Ratcliffe London 3 33.75x
Slaughterford 3 2727.27x
Toxteth Park 3 4.64x
Wookey 3 526.32x
Caversham 2 100.50x
Colerne 2 344.83x
Evercreech 2 322.58x
Glastonbury 2 94.79x
Pewsey 2 190.48x
St Pancras London 2 1.54x
Wells St Cuthbert Out 2 95.69x
Battersea 1 1.69x
Bethnal Green London 1 1.43x
Bristol St James St Paul 1 9.51x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 1 3.36x
Burnham 1 50.76x
Camberwell 1 0.97x
Cardiff St Mary 1 6.48x
Framwellgate 1 35.21x
Holdenhurst 1 11.56x
Islington London 1 0.64x
Keynsham 1 53.76x
Lambeth 1 0.71x
Marcross 1 2500.00x
St George In East 1 9.13x
Tormarton 1 434.78x
Westbury On Trym 1 9.35x
Woodford 1 119.05x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 12
Sarah 11
Jane 6
Alice 5
Elizabeth 5
Annie 3
Eliza 3
Elizth. 3
Fanny 3
Hannah 3
Agnes 2
Amy 2
Ann 2
Emily 2
Louisa 2
Ada 1
Allice 1
Amelia 1
Angelina 1
Anna 1
Blanche 1
Catherine 1
Eleanor 1
Elenor 1
Ellen 1
Florence 1
Judith 1
Julia 1
Kezia 1
Kitty 1
Laura 1
Margaret 1
Martha 1
Matilda 1
Rachel 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 9
John 7
James 6
Thomas 6
William 6
Charles 5
Richard 5
Edward 3
Henry 3
Robert 3
Benjamin 2
Daniel 2
Edwin 2
Fred 2
Frederick 2
Jabez 2
Albert 1
Elis 1
Ernest 1
Frederic 1
Fredk. 1
Geo.Ernest 1
Harry 1
Joseph 1
Mark 1
Reuben 1
Samuel 1
Terrett 1
Valentine 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Tyley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Tyley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 165 people were recorded with the Tyley surname. That placed it at #14,559 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Tyley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 108 in 2016. That gives Tyley a modern rank of #29,578.

What does the Tyley map show?

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