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UK surname

Welsford

In the 1881 census there were 282 people recorded with the Welsford surname, ranking it #10,148 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 257, ranked #16,485, down from #10,148 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes and St Philip and Jacob. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Harborough, Bristol and Islington.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Welsford is 397 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 8.9%.

1881 census count

282

Ranked #10,148

Modern count

257

2016, ranked #16,485

Peak year

1901

397 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Welsford had 282 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,148 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 257 in 2016, ranked #16,485.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 397 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Welsford surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Welsford surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Welsford 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 215 #9,860
1861 historical 195 #12,263
1881 historical 282 #10,148
1891 historical 327 #10,379
1901 historical 397 #9,521
1911 historical 397 #9,336
1997 modern 268 #14,585
1998 modern 281 #14,506
1999 modern 285 #14,438
2000 modern 284 #14,457
2001 modern 282 #14,294
2002 modern 282 #14,585
2003 modern 289 #14,158
2004 modern 278 #14,609
2005 modern 266 #15,007
2006 modern 272 #14,834
2007 modern 277 #14,818
2008 modern 271 #15,182
2009 modern 281 #15,098
2010 modern 274 #15,705
2011 modern 265 #15,980
2012 modern 251 #16,467
2013 modern 258 #16,421
2014 modern 262 #16,380
2015 modern 258 #16,443
2016 modern 257 #16,485

Geography

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Where Welsfords are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, London parishes, St Philip and Jacob, Crediton, Colebroke, Shobrooke, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Cruwys Morchard and Tottenham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Harborough, Bristol and Islington. 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 London parishes London 3
3 St Philip and Jacob Gloucestershire
4 Crediton, Colebroke, Shobrooke, Cheriton Fitzpaine, Cruwys Morchard Devon
5 Tottenham Middlesex (Exclusive Of London Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Harborough 005 Harborough
2 Bristol 046 Bristol, City of
3 Harborough 002 Harborough
4 Bristol 049 Bristol, City of
5 Islington 016 Islington

Forenames

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First names often paired with Welsford

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Welsford

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

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Welsford surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Welsford household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

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, Welsford 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

Welsford 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

Welsford 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 Welsford is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Welsford, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Welsford families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Welsford 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. Devon leads with 73 Welsfords recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.75x.

County Total Index
Devon 73 12.75x
Middlesex 53 1.93x
Gloucestershire 50 9.27x
Surrey 30 2.24x
Dorset 15 8.31x
Glamorgan 7 1.46x
Monmouthshire 6 3.02x
Warwickshire 6 0.86x
Worcestershire 6 1.67x
Essex 4 0.74x
Kent 4 0.43x
Pembrokeshire 4 4.58x
Somerset 4 0.90x
Cambridgeshire 3 1.72x
Oxfordshire 3 1.77x
Staffordshire 3 0.32x
Denbighshire 2 1.92x
Suffolk 2 0.60x
Sussex 2 0.43x
Cheshire 1 0.16x
Herefordshire 1 0.89x
Lancashire 1 0.03x
Shropshire 1 0.42x
Yorkshire 1 0.04x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bristol St James In in Gloucestershire leads with 11 Welsfords recorded in 1881 and an index of 138.71x.

Place Total Index
Bristol St James In 11 138.71x
Bermondsey 10 12.21x
Exeter Allhallows On The 10 1063.83x
Plymouth St Andrew 10 22.67x
Bristol St James St Paul 9 50.03x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 9 17.72x
Otterton 9 978.26x
St Andrew Holborn 9 96.46x
Bow London 8 22.84x
Bristol St Paul In 8 55.67x
Ottery St Mary 8 212.77x
Neath 7 71.79x
Bideford 6 97.88x
Kensington London 6 3.92x
Kings Norton 6 18.63x
Sherborne 6 112.78x
St Clement Danes 6 134.83x
St Woollos 6 27.04x
Birmingham 5 2.16x
Bovey Tracey 5 250.00x
Bradford Peverell 5 1612.90x
Newington 5 4.92x
Stoke Damerel 5 12.48x
Tottenham 5 11.41x
Battersea 4 3.95x
Cirencester 4 54.79x
Clifton 4 14.67x
East Stonehouse 4 35.46x
St Pancras London 4 1.81x
Tenby St Mary In 4 89.89x
Walcot 4 16.96x
West Teignmouth 4 91.32x
Wolborough 4 55.25x
Allington 3 186.34x
Islington London 3 1.13x
Merton 3 1875.00x
Milton Damerel 3 666.67x
Milton In Gravesend 3 21.32x
St Marylebone London 3 2.04x
Wimbledon 3 19.93x
Brighton 2 2.14x
Camberwell 2 1.14x
Harwich St Nicholas 2 47.73x
Llangollen Trevor 2 303.03x
Richmond 2 10.65x
Shoreditch London 2 1.68x
Sidmouth 2 60.98x
St Andrewthe Less 2 10.05x
Stafford St Mary 2 15.22x
Tormoham 2 8.25x
West Ham 2 1.67x
All Saints Cambridge 1 81.97x
Aston 1 0.52x
Bristol St Augustine 1 11.48x
Bristol St George 1 4.01x
Bristol St Stephen 1 71.43x
Caterham 1 16.89x
Chipping Sodbury 1 99.01x
Clerkenwell London 1 1.54x
Devonport 1 15.20x
Hampton London 1 22.12x
Harrow On The Hill 1 18.18x
Heston 1 10.94x
Ipswich St Mary Stoke 1 32.15x
Ipswich St Peter 1 22.17x
Lambeth 1 0.42x
Margate St John Baptist 1 5.82x
Marske In Guisbrough 1 20.66x
Mortlake 1 16.75x
Moss Side 1 5.82x
Oswestry Rural 1 27.47x
Precinct Of Savoy 1 909.09x
Radipole 1 80.00x
Ross 1 22.27x
Southwark St George Martyr 1 1.81x
St Alban Wood Street 1 588.24x
St Ethelburga London 1 526.32x
Stapleton 1 9.78x
Stoke Upon Trent 1 1.02x
Tranmere 1 4.48x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 13
Elizabeth 12
Ellen 10
Emma 9
Annie 8
Eliza 8
Alice 5
Sarah 5
Amelia 4
Charlotte 4
Edith 4
Harriet 4
Louisa 4
Minnie 4
Ada 3
Ann 3
Jane 3
Martha 3
Anna 2
Anne 2
Caroline 2
Elenor 2
Esther 2
Florence 2
Frances 2
Gertrude 2
Henrietta 2
Susan 2
Beatrice 1
Blanche 1
Charles 1
Elizth.Jessie 1
Elvra 1
Emmaline 1
Ethel 1
Evelyn 1
Fanny 1
Georgianna 1
Helen 1
Hester 1
Hilda 1
Infant 1
J. 1
Jessie 1
Kate 1
Katherine 1
Laura 1
Lilian 1
Lillian 1
Wilhelmina 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 14
Henry 11
John 10
James 8
Alfred 7
Frederick 7
Charles 6
George 4
Herbert 4
Samuel 4
Thomas 4
Abraham 2
Albert 2
Edward 2
Frank 2
Fredrick 2
Harry 2
Hy. 2
Lewis 2
Richard 2
Robert 2
Sidney 2
Ambrose 1
Edwin 1
Ernest 1
Geog. 1
H.C. 1
Jno.Wm. 1
Joseph 1
Joshia 1
Reginald 1
Saml. 1
Walter 1

FAQ

Welsford surname: questions and answers

How common was the Welsford surname in 1881?

In 1881, 282 people were recorded with the Welsford surname. That placed it at #10,148 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Welsford surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 257 in 2016. That gives Welsford a modern rank of #16,485.

What does the Welsford map show?

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