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UK surname

Washbrook

In the 1881 census there were 253 people recorded with the Washbrook surname, ranking it #10,980 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 498, ranked #10,010, up from #10,980 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolverhampton, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Walsall, Torbay and Stratford-on-Avon.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Washbrook is 551 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 96.8%.

1881 census count

253

Ranked #10,980

Modern count

498

2016, ranked #10,010

Peak year

1998

551 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Washbrook had 253 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,980 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 498 in 2016, ranked #10,010.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 482 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Washbrook surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Washbrook surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Washbrook 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 153 #12,721
1861 historical 137 #16,465
1881 historical 253 #10,980
1891 historical 329 #10,320
1901 historical 372 #9,972
1911 historical 482 #8,054
1997 modern 547 #8,694
1998 modern 551 #8,921
1999 modern 549 #8,996
2000 modern 551 #8,930
2001 modern 545 #8,859
2002 modern 549 #8,989
2003 modern 525 #9,162
2004 modern 519 #9,257
2005 modern 525 #9,120
2006 modern 521 #9,193
2007 modern 523 #9,238
2008 modern 535 #9,155
2009 modern 535 #9,366
2010 modern 533 #9,595
2011 modern 537 #9,460
2012 modern 525 #9,526
2013 modern 514 #9,824
2014 modern 525 #9,745
2015 modern 513 #9,836
2016 modern 498 #10,010

Geography

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Where Washbrooks are most common

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

The modern local-area list points to Walsall, Torbay, Stratford-on-Avon and Sandwell. 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 Wolverhampton Staffordshire
2 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Shottswell Oxfordshire
5 Lambeth London (South Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Walsall 025 Walsall
2 Torbay 013 Torbay
3 Stratford-on-Avon 004 Stratford-on-Avon
4 Sandwell 023 Sandwell
5 Stratford-on-Avon 005 Stratford-on-Avon

Forenames

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First names often paired with Washbrook

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Washbrook

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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Washbrook surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Washbrook household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Washbrook 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

Washbrook is most concentrated in decile 8 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the healthier 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

Washbrook falls in decile 2 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more 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 Washbrook is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Washbrook, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Washbrook families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Washbrook 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. Staffordshire leads with 64 Washbrooks recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.68x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 64 7.68x
Warwickshire 62 9.96x
Oxfordshire 30 19.68x
Surrey 27 2.25x
Yorkshire 17 0.70x
Middlesex 14 0.57x
Gloucestershire 10 2.07x
Shropshire 7 3.28x
Buckinghamshire 5 3.35x
Worcestershire 5 1.55x
Lancashire 4 0.14x
Hampshire 3 0.59x
Leicestershire 2 0.73x
Kent 1 0.12x
Lincolnshire 1 0.25x
Somerset 1 0.25x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Willenhall in Staffordshire leads with 23 Washbrooks recorded in 1881 and an index of 147.44x.

Place Total Index
Willenhall 23 147.44x
Wolverhampton 22 34.34x
Lambeth 21 9.76x
Walsall Foreign 18 41.83x
Shotteswell 16 7619.05x
Kidlington 12 1016.95x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 10 21.94x
Aston 8 4.67x
Birmingham 8 3.86x
Clerkenwell London 8 13.73x
Holy Trinity St Mary 7 188.17x
Radway 7 3181.82x
Wellington 7 58.43x
Headington 6 253.16x
Leamington Priors 6 39.19x
Oxford St Thomas 6 84.39x
Kineton 5 561.80x
Redditch 5 76.57x
Bradwell 4 190.48x
Southwark St George Martyr 4 8.05x
Bethnal Green London 3 2.80x
Morley 3 23.58x
Sheffield 3 3.85x
Battersea 2 2.20x
Bromley London 2 3.68x
Coventry St Michael 2 10.01x
E Adderbury 2 259.74x
Havant 2 78.13x
Horton In Bradford 2 5.24x
Leamington 2 48.54x
Leicester St Margaret 2 3.00x
Long Itchington 2 206.19x
Upper Heyford 2 625.00x
Warwick St Mary 2 37.04x
Wiswell 2 322.58x
Wootton 2 219.78x
Bradford 1 1.69x
Compton Verney 1 1428.57x
Coundon 1 434.78x
Curdworth 1 175.44x
Farlington 1 97.09x
Hackney London 1 0.72x
Heap 1 6.44x
Hulme 1 1.64x
Kenilworth 1 28.49x
Lyncombe Widcombe 1 9.62x
Maids Moreton 1 263.16x
Metheringham 1 63.29x
Rawmarsh 1 11.57x
Speldhurst 1 23.31x
Upper Penn 1 47.85x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Sarah 12
Elizabeth 7
Eliza 6
Ellen 6
Charlotte 5
Alice 3
Annie 3
Edith 3
Hannah 3
Harriet 3
Ada 2
Emma 2
Fanny 2
Frances 2
Jane 2
Julia 2
Louisa 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Rebecca 2
Ann 1
Anne 1
B. 1
Beatrice 1
Caroline 1
Edward 1
Emily 1
Esther 1
Ethel 1
Florance 1
Florence 1
Georgina 1
Isabella 1
Jenny 1
Judith 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
Mariann 1
Marie 1
Maude 1
Mercy 1
Mildred 1
Miriam 1
Pheboe 1
Phoebe 1
Rachel 1
Reberca 1
Rosetta 1
Theresa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 22
George 14
John 11
Thomas 9
James 8
Samuel 4
David 3
Frank 3
Joseph 3
Walter 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Charles 2
Daniel 2
Edward 2
Ernest 2
Fred 2
Fred. 2
Frederick 2
Fredk. 2
Harry 2
Henry 2
Philip 2
Richard 2
Albert 1
Ben 1
Benjamin 1
Cristopher 1
Edwin 1
Enoch 1
Francis 1
Fredrek 1
Haverton 1
Henrietta 1
Howard 1
Hy. 1
Isaac 1
Isaiah 1
Isaiha 1
Ishmael 1
Jesse 1
Josiah 1
Leonard 1
Septimus 1
Sidney 1
Stephen 1
Uriah 1
Will 1
Willian 1
Wm.J. 1

FAQ

Washbrook surname: questions and answers

How common was the Washbrook surname in 1881?

In 1881, 253 people were recorded with the Washbrook surname. That placed it at #10,980 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Washbrook surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 498 in 2016. That gives Washbrook a modern rank of #10,010.

What does the Washbrook map show?

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