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UK surname

Wilcocks

In the 1881 census there were 625 people recorded with the Wilcocks surname, ranking it #5,661 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 178, ranked #21,160, down from #5,661 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, St Pancras and Loughborough. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wirral, Cornwall and Weymouth and Portland.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Wilcocks is 625 in 1881. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 71.5%.

1881 census count

625

Ranked #5,661

Modern count

178

2016, ranked #21,160

Peak year

1881

625 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Wilcocks had 625 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #5,661 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 178 in 2016, ranked #21,160.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 625 in 1881.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Wilcocks surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Wilcocks surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Wilcocks 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 549 #4,612
1861 historical 525 #4,992
1881 historical 625 #5,661
1891 historical 501 #7,418
1901 historical 526 #7,760
1911 historical 397 #9,336
1997 modern 238 #15,760
1998 modern 242 #16,037
1999 modern 246 #15,974
2000 modern 229 #16,695
2001 modern 218 #17,017
2002 modern 218 #17,338
2003 modern 204 #17,909
2004 modern 198 #18,308
2005 modern 204 #17,893
2006 modern 201 #18,226
2007 modern 196 #18,737
2008 modern 201 #18,584
2009 modern 198 #19,145
2010 modern 201 #19,387
2011 modern 193 #19,729
2012 modern 172 #21,219
2013 modern 174 #21,401
2014 modern 181 #21,033
2015 modern 179 #21,069
2016 modern 178 #21,160

Geography

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Where Wilcocks' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, St Pancras, Loughborough, Heavitree and Plymouth St Charles the Martyr. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wirral, Cornwall, Weymouth and Portland and Harrogate. 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 London parishes London 3
2 St Pancras London (North Districts)
3 Loughborough Leicestershire
4 Heavitree Devon
5 Plymouth St Charles the Martyr Devon

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wirral 039 Wirral
2 Cornwall 029 Cornwall
3 Weymouth and Portland 008 Weymouth and Portland
4 Harrogate 007 Harrogate
5 Wirral 035 Wirral

Forenames

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First names often paired with Wilcocks

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Wilcocks

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Wilcocks 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

Wilcocks is most concentrated in decile 10 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

Wilcocks falls in decile 7 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 Wilcocks 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 Wilcocks, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Wilcocks families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Wilcocks 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 176 Wilcocks' recorded in 1881 and an index of 13.78x.

County Total Index
Devon 176 13.78x
Middlesex 89 1.45x
Lancashire 81 1.11x
Cornwall 51 7.34x
Surrey 31 1.04x
Kent 28 1.34x
Gloucestershire 17 1.41x
Flintshire 13 7.88x
Pembrokeshire 13 6.67x
Staffordshire 12 0.58x
Warwickshire 11 0.71x
Yorkshire 11 0.18x
Buckinghamshire 9 2.43x
Glamorgan 9 0.84x
Brecknockshire 7 5.71x
Leicestershire 7 1.03x
Nottinghamshire 7 0.85x
Shropshire 7 1.32x
Wiltshire 7 1.29x
Berkshire 6 1.30x
Durham 5 0.27x
Hampshire 5 0.40x
Cheshire 4 0.30x
Dorset 4 0.99x
Somerset 4 0.41x
Derbyshire 3 0.31x
Lincolnshire 2 0.20x
Worcestershire 2 0.25x
Angus 1 0.18x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.26x
Channel Islands 1 0.55x
Essex 1 0.08x
Lanarkshire 1 0.05x
Monmouthshire 1 0.23x
Royal Navy 1 1.37x
Sussex 1 0.10x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stoke Damerel in Devon leads with 19 Wilcocks' recorded in 1881 and an index of 21.26x.

Place Total Index
Stoke Damerel 19 21.26x
Plymouth Charles The 17 30.21x
Exeter Heavitree 14 147.06x
Salford 14 6.54x
Ipplepen 13 747.13x
Bovey Tracey 12 268.46x
Lowton 12 242.42x
St George Hanover 12 14.98x
Wotton Under Edge 12 169.25x
Aston 11 2.58x
Chorley 11 26.92x
Shoreditch London 11 4.14x
Kensington London 10 2.93x
Lewisham 10 8.96x
Saltash 10 185.53x
Tiverton 10 45.45x
Exeter St Leonard 9 257.88x
Iver 9 188.28x
Lambeth 9 1.68x
Mold Leeswood 9 241.29x
Wandsworth 9 15.24x
Worsley 9 20.05x
Bere Ferrers 8 380.95x
Brawdy 8 754.72x
Hartland 8 201.01x
Islington London 8 1.35x
Wolstanton 8 12.72x
Ystradyfodwg 8 8.54x
Aberllunvey 7 2187.50x
Exminster 7 152.51x
Hackney London 7 2.03x
Manaton 7 1000.00x
Paddington London 7 3.10x
Stratton St Margaret 7 84.13x
Adlington 6 87.98x
East Stonehouse 6 23.85x
Harrow On The Hill 6 48.94x
North Cray 6 451.13x
Rame 6 335.20x
St Stephen 6 243.90x
Bromley London 5 3.70x
Exeter St Thomas The 5 38.40x
Fulham London 5 5.62x
Leeds 5 1.46x
Little Lever 5 53.71x
Warley 5 28.46x
Albrighton 4 156.25x
Calstock 4 29.37x
Chalbury 4 909.09x
Egham 4 21.80x
Everton 4 1.72x
Hennock 4 246.91x
Loughborough 4 12.96x
Maker 4 62.31x
Mold Hartsheath 4 930.23x
Wolborough 4 24.77x
Battersea 3 1.33x
Beckenham 3 10.96x
Bristol St Paul In 3 9.36x
Brixham 3 20.27x
Burslem 3 5.06x
Cheswardine 3 132.74x
Earley 3 39.11x
East Looe 3 106.38x
Elton 3 1875.00x
Euxton 3 123.97x
Leicester St Mary 3 5.46x
Liskeard 3 25.82x
Litherland 3 19.71x
Rochester St Margaret 3 13.59x
St Endellion 3 124.48x
St Mary Magdalene 3 58.71x
Stonehouse East 3 46.30x
Tunstall 3 33.00x
Upper Langwith 3 697.67x
Warfield 3 71.77x
West Derby 3 1.41x
North Meols 2 2.81x
Portsea 2 0.81x
St Pancras London 2 0.40x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 38
Elizabeth 36
Sarah 25
Ellen 14
Emma 13
Alice 12
Ann 10
Eliza 10
Jane 10
Louisa 9
Martha 7
Annie 6
Clara 6
Emily 6
Catherine 5
Edith 5
Hannah 5
Margaret 5
Matilda 5
Elizth. 4
Florence 4
Susan 4
Amy 3
Anne 3
Bessie 3
Caroline 3
Charlotte 3
Fanny 3
Harriet 3
Harriett 3
Kate 3
Lydia 3
Maria 3
Rose 3
Ruth 3
Agnes 2
Anna 2
Beatrice 2
Ethel 2
Isabella 2
Laura 2
Maud 2
May 2
Rebecca 2
Theresa 2
Celia 1
Elizt. 1
Elizth 1
Emelia 1
Thomas 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 46
John 27
Thomas 27
George 21
James 21
Charles 14
Henry 13
Alfred 9
Joseph 9
Edward 8
Richard 7
Robert 6
Walter 6
Arthur 5
Francis 5
Harry 5
Albert 4
Frank 3
Frederick 3
Samuel 3
Benjamin 2
Fred 2
Herbert 2
Ralph 2
Tom 2
Wm. 2
Cyril 1
David 1
Edgar 1
Edith 1
Eland 1
Emma 1
Ephriam 1
Ernest 1
Esau 1
Frances 1
Fredk. 1
Fredk.C.D. 1
Fredrick 1
Hannah 1
Harold 1
Horace 1
Isaac 1
Lawrence 1
Leonard 1
Nathaniel 1
Saml. 1
Sampson 1
Septimus 1
Stephen 1

FAQ

Wilcocks surname: questions and answers

How common was the Wilcocks surname in 1881?

In 1881, 625 people were recorded with the Wilcocks surname. That placed it at #5,661 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Wilcocks surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 178 in 2016. That gives Wilcocks a modern rank of #21,160.

What does the Wilcocks map show?

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