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UK surname

Wannop

In the 1881 census there were 231 people recorded with the Wannop surname, ranking it #11,722 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 187, ranked #20,488, down from #11,722 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Stanwix, Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle St Cuthbert and Irthington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Allerdale, Carlisle and Gateshead.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Wannop is 334 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 19.0%.

1881 census count

231

Ranked #11,722

Modern count

187

2016, ranked #20,488

Peak year

1911

334 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Wannop had 231 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,722 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 187 in 2016, ranked #20,488.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 334 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Wannop surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Wannop surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Wannop 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 160 #12,347
1861 historical 176 #13,335
1881 historical 231 #11,722
1891 historical 266 #12,169
1901 historical 321 #11,118
1911 historical 334 #10,608
1997 modern 189 #18,267
1998 modern 198 #18,224
1999 modern 197 #18,400
2000 modern 197 #18,384
2001 modern 199 #17,996
2002 modern 213 #17,603
2003 modern 195 #18,411
2004 modern 190 #18,792
2005 modern 181 #19,334
2006 modern 183 #19,326
2007 modern 184 #19,485
2008 modern 192 #19,143
2009 modern 196 #19,274
2010 modern 206 #19,066
2011 modern 201 #19,213
2012 modern 193 #19,665
2013 modern 192 #20,067
2014 modern 193 #20,159
2015 modern 193 #20,056
2016 modern 187 #20,488

Geography

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Where Wannops are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Stanwix, Crosby-on-Eden, Carlisle St Cuthbert, Irthington, Walton and Holme Cultram. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Allerdale, Carlisle and Gateshead. 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 Stanwix, Crosby-on-Eden Cumberland
2 Carlisle St Cuthbert Cumberland
3 Irthington Cumberland
4 Walton Cumberland
5 Holme Cultram Cumberland

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Allerdale 001 Allerdale
2 Carlisle 013 Carlisle
3 Gateshead 002 Gateshead
4 Carlisle 005 Carlisle
5 Allerdale 002 Allerdale

Forenames

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First names often paired with Wannop

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Wannop

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Wannop surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Wannop household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Wannop 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

Wannop 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

Wannop falls in decile 6 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.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Wannop 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 Wannop, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Wannop families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Wannop 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. Cumberland leads with 169 Wannops recorded in 1881 and an index of 92.31x.

County Total Index
Cumberland 169 92.31x
Yorkshire 13 0.62x
Northumberland 11 3.48x
Lancashire 5 0.20x
Surrey 5 0.48x
Cheshire 4 0.85x
Dumfriesshire 4 8.52x
East Lothian 4 14.20x
Middlesex 2 0.09x
Lanarkshire 1 0.15x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Wetheral in Cumberland leads with 20 Wannops recorded in 1881 and an index of 826.45x.

Place Total Index
Wetheral 20 826.45x
Crosby On Eden 13 4482.76x
Irthington 13 3023.26x
Carlatton 9 18000.00x
Low Holme 9 873.79x
Rockcliff 9 1578.95x
Walton 9 3103.45x
Hayton 7 673.08x
Rawmarsh 7 94.09x
Scaleby 7 2058.82x
Westgate 7 35.73x
Arthuret 6 314.14x
Brampton 6 239.04x
Little Blencow 6 15000.00x
Oulton 6 2222.22x
St Cuthbert Within 6 283.02x
Thornaby 6 76.24x
Warwick 6 2608.70x
Liverpool 5 3.26x
Stainton 5 819.67x
Haddington 4 96.15x
Penrith 4 59.17x
St Cuthbert W O 4 44.84x
St Mary Within 4 174.67x
Upton In Chester 4 754.72x
Wandsworth 4 19.54x
Gretna 3 340.91x
Rickergate 3 77.52x
Westward 3 394.74x
Islington London 2 0.97x
Kingwater 2 833.33x
Kirkandrews On Esk 2 322.58x
Newcastle On Tyne All Sts 2 10.58x
Wigton 2 72.99x
Woodside Quarter 2 465.12x
Annan 1 24.81x
Bowness Drumburg 1 333.33x
Camberwell 1 0.74x
Farlam 1 86.96x
Grinsdale 1 1111.11x
Jesmond 1 22.47x
Lesmahagow 1 13.76x
Nether Denton 1 416.67x
Newcastle On Tyne St 1 6.10x
Stanwix 1 67.57x
Stapleton 1 370.37x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 20
Jane 10
Ann 9
Margaret 9
Sarah 7
Annie 5
Isabella 5
Elizabeth 4
Hannah 4
Martha 4
Eleanor 2
Emily 2
Eth. 2
Fanny 2
Kate 2
Lilian 2
Mabel 2
Abigail 1
Alice 1
Ammey 1
Barbara 1
Belle 1
Bessie 1
Catherine 1
Clara 1
Dinah 1
Edith 1
Ellen 1
Elonar 1
Ester 1
Esther 1
Han. 1
Kathrine 1
Lizzie 1
Maggie 1
Marion 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 18
William 18
Thomas 16
Robert 9
Arthur 8
Charles 6
Christopher 4
Joseph 3
Edward 2
Isaac 2
James 2
Joshua 2
Nathan 2
Adam 1
C. 1
George 1
Jas.L. 1
Josepth 1
Tom 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Wannop surname: questions and answers

How common was the Wannop surname in 1881?

In 1881, 231 people were recorded with the Wannop surname. That placed it at #11,722 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Wannop surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 187 in 2016. That gives Wannop a modern rank of #20,488.

What does the Wannop map show?

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