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UK surname

Whiteoak

In the 1881 census there were 357 people recorded with the Whiteoak surname, ranking it #8,652 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 337, ranked #13,552, down from #8,652 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bingley, Kildwick and Thornton in Craven. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bradford and Pendle.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Whiteoak is 412 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 5.6%.

1881 census count

357

Ranked #8,652

Modern count

337

2016, ranked #13,552

Peak year

1999

412 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Whiteoak had 357 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #8,652 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 337 in 2016, ranked #13,552.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 403 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Whiteoak surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Whiteoak surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Whiteoak 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 189 #10,896
1861 historical 211 #11,508
1881 historical 357 #8,652
1891 historical 379 #9,254
1901 historical 403 #9,442
1911 historical 375 #9,747
1997 modern 400 #11,013
1998 modern 405 #11,241
1999 modern 412 #11,203
2000 modern 408 #11,232
2001 modern 394 #11,344
2002 modern 381 #11,865
2003 modern 387 #11,523
2004 modern 382 #11,672
2005 modern 387 #11,463
2006 modern 388 #11,496
2007 modern 384 #11,726
2008 modern 387 #11,767
2009 modern 378 #12,248
2010 modern 386 #12,330
2011 modern 376 #12,416
2012 modern 350 #12,965
2013 modern 356 #13,016
2014 modern 348 #13,320
2015 modern 339 #13,493
2016 modern 337 #13,552

Geography

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Where Whiteoaks are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bingley, Kildwick, Thornton in Craven, Bradford and Keighley. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bradford and Pendle. 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 Bingley Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Kildwick Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Thornton in Craven Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Keighley Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bradford 004 Bradford
2 Bradford 009 Bradford
3 Pendle 006 Pendle
4 Bradford 022 Bradford
5 Bradford 008 Bradford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Whiteoak

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Whiteoak

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Whiteoak, 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 Whiteoak surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Whiteoak 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, Whiteoak 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

Whiteoak 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

Whiteoak falls in decile 1 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 Whiteoak 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Whiteoak, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Whiteoak families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Whiteoak 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. Yorkshire leads with 314 Whiteoaks recorded in 1881 and an index of 9.10x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 314 9.10x
Lancashire 39 0.94x
Middlesex 2 0.06x
Hampshire 1 0.14x
Staffordshire 1 0.09x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Carlton In Skipton in Yorkshire leads with 46 Whiteoaks recorded in 1881 and an index of 2277.23x.

Place Total Index
Carlton In Skipton 46 2277.23x
Keighley 41 111.47x
Morton In Keighley 20 738.01x
Thornton In Craven 20 722.02x
Sutton In Keighley 17 871.79x
Farnhill 14 2089.55x
Glusburn 14 717.95x
Salterforth 14 2978.72x
Tanshelf 11 398.55x
Addingham 10 387.60x
Manningham 10 23.52x
Castleton 8 19.38x
Great Little Marsden 8 42.26x
Horton In Bradford 8 14.85x
Steeton Cum Eastburn 8 672.27x
Dalton In Thirsk 7 2333.33x
Hipperholme Cum 7 46.17x
Skipton 7 64.46x
Wilsden 7 197.74x
Broughton In Skipton 6 2857.14x
Burnley 6 17.24x
Haslingden 6 35.07x
Bowling 5 14.63x
Clayton 5 59.17x
Idle 5 31.25x
North Meols 5 12.36x
Boroughbridge 4 344.83x
Bradford 4 4.79x
Bradleys Both 3 491.80x
Leeds 3 1.54x
Shipley 3 16.75x
Wuerdle Wardle 3 23.92x
Bingley 2 9.10x
Gargrave 2 129.87x
Headingley Cum Burley 2 9.01x
Allerton Bywater 1 53.48x
Ardwick 1 2.68x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 1 8.47x
Birkdale 1 9.56x
Hammersmith London 1 1.17x
Hutton Conyers 1 625.00x
Kildwick 1 31.85x
Lichfield St Mary 1 29.50x
Myton On Swale 1 434.78x
Portsea 1 0.71x
Rilston 1 666.67x
Sowerby In Thirsk 1 48.08x
Tottenham 1 1.80x
Toxteth Park 1 0.71x
Wath In Ripon Norton 1 238.10x
York St Lawrence 1 27.78x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 21
Sarah 15
Alice 10
Ann 10
Elizabeth 10
Hannah 10
Jane 8
Ellen 6
Martha 6
Edith 5
Annie 4
Emma 4
Grace 4
Ada 3
Clara 3
Margaret 3
Maria 3
Agnes 2
Betty 2
Catherine 2
Emily 2
Fanny 2
Gertrude 2
Harriet 2
Isabella 2
Leah 2
Minnie 2
Rachel 2
Rose 2
Susannah 2
Bessie 1
Bettsy 1
Caroline 1
Caselia 1
Catharine 1
Doratha 1
Eliza 1
Ester 1
Evlen 1
Flora 1
Francis 1
Hetty 1
Infant 1
Janetta 1
Kate 1
Kezia 1
Louesa 1
Margt.Ann 1
Millicent 1
Ziphuinea 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 25
Joseph 17
William 14
George 9
Thomas 9
Henry 6
James 6
David 5
Smith 5
Robert 4
Charles 3
Ernest 3
Fred 3
Herbert 3
Wm. 3
Alfred 2
Andrew 2
Eli 2
Harry 2
Samuel 2
Anthony 1
Arthur 1
Benjamin 1
Beny 1
Bracewell 1
Brook 1
Chas. 1
Craven 1
Ezra 1
Francis 1
Fred. 1
Greenwood 1
Harrison 1
Hartley 1
Horace 1
Jesse 1
Jessie 1
Job 1
Johnathan 1
Jonas 1
Jonathan 1
Louis 1
Margaret 1
Margt.A. 1
Mathew 1
Moses 1
Parker 1
Paul 1
Ralph 1
Richard 1

FAQ

Whiteoak surname: questions and answers

How common was the Whiteoak surname in 1881?

In 1881, 357 people were recorded with the Whiteoak surname. That placed it at #8,652 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Whiteoak surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 337 in 2016. That gives Whiteoak a modern rank of #13,552.

What does the Whiteoak map show?

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