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UK surname

Windross

In the 1881 census there were 135 people recorded with the Windross surname, ranking it #16,515 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 202, ranked #19,475, down from #16,515 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Hull Holy Trinity, Thirsk and Normanton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Hambleton, Calderdale and Birmingham.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Windross is 237 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 49.6%.

1881 census count

135

Ranked #16,515

Modern count

202

2016, ranked #19,475

Peak year

1911

237 bearers

Map years

7

1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Windross had 135 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #16,515 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 202 in 2016, ranked #19,475.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 237 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established but Challenged.

Windross surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Windross surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Windross 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 89 #18,446
1861 historical 42 #28,691
1881 historical 135 #16,515
1891 historical 158 #17,705
1901 historical 213 #14,563
1911 historical 237 #13,406
1997 modern 207 #17,267
1998 modern 200 #18,114
1999 modern 203 #18,081
2000 modern 217 #17,296
2001 modern 212 #17,324
2002 modern 210 #17,753
2003 modern 197 #18,311
2004 modern 200 #18,213
2005 modern 202 #18,016
2006 modern 202 #18,160
2007 modern 201 #18,428
2008 modern 204 #18,403
2009 modern 208 #18,551
2010 modern 207 #19,007
2011 modern 209 #18,730
2012 modern 201 #19,147
2013 modern 206 #19,153
2014 modern 205 #19,375
2015 modern 205 #19,269
2016 modern 202 #19,475

Geography

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Where Windross' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Hull Holy Trinity, Thirsk, Normanton, Darfield and Brantingham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Hambleton, Calderdale, Birmingham and Redcar and Cleveland. 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 Hull Holy Trinity Yorkshire, East Riding
2 Thirsk Yorkshire, North Riding
3 Normanton Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Darfield Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Brantingham Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Hambleton 008 Hambleton
2 Calderdale 013 Calderdale
3 Hambleton 009 Hambleton
4 Birmingham 038 Birmingham
5 Redcar and Cleveland 013 Redcar and Cleveland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Windross

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Windross

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Established but Challenged

Nationally, the Windross surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established but Challenged, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Windross household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Many households in these neighbourhoods comprise separated or divorced single parents with dependent children. Residents are typically born in the UK, and these neighbourhoods have relatively few members of ethnic minorities. The prevalence of children, their parents and those at or above normal retirement age, suggests neighbourhood structures may be long-established. Levels of unpaid care are high, and long-term disability is more common than in the Supergroup as a whole. Use of the social rented sector is common, often in terraced houses. Levels of overcrowding are above the Supergroup average. Unemployment is high, while those in work are employed in elementary occupations such as caring, leisure and customer services. Many residents have low level qualifications. Neighbourhood concentrations of this Group are found in the South Wales Valleys, Belfast, Londonderry and the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Windross 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

Windross 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

Windross 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 Windross 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 Windross, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Windross families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Windross 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 101 Windross' recorded in 1881 and an index of 7.74x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 101 7.74x
Durham 12 3.06x
Lancashire 9 0.58x
Cumberland 8 7.06x
Surrey 3 0.47x
Middlesex 1 0.08x
Northumberland 1 0.51x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Guisbrough in Yorkshire leads with 11 Windross' recorded in 1881 and an index of 385.96x.

Place Total Index
Guisbrough 11 385.96x
Worsbrough 11 287.96x
Cottingham 10 355.87x
Headingley Cum Burley 9 107.14x
Stockton On Tees 9 47.67x
Carlton Miniott 8 4705.88x
Little Bolton 7 34.84x
Ellerker 6 4615.38x
Helmsley 5 714.29x
Wortley In Bramley 5 48.40x
Egremont 4 148.15x
Holy Trinity 4 12.75x
Middlesbrough 4 23.54x
Thirsk Sand Hutton 4 2857.14x
Whitehaven 4 66.23x
Broughton In Stokesley 3 1153.85x
Chelsham 3 1500.00x
Pickering 3 182.93x
Barnard Castle 2 103.09x
Great Bolton 2 9.67x
Horsforth 2 69.93x
Sutton Stoneferry 2 53.62x
Acton Old Felton 1 2000.00x
Boltby 1 714.29x
Boroughbridge 1 227.27x
Bradford 1 3.17x
Burton Cum Walden 1 500.00x
Hood Grange 1 0.00x
Hope 1 10000.00x
Leeds 1 1.36x
Limehouse London 1 6.92x
Marske In Guisbrough 1 43.10x
Potter Newton 1 43.48x
Raskelf 1 454.55x
Richmond 1 49.02x
Skipton On Swale 1 1428.57x
St Mary 1 114.94x
Stanghow 1 188.68x
Stranton 1 7.58x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 15
Jane 7
Hannah 6
Annie 5
Sarah 5
Elizabeth 4
Emma 4
Eliza 3
Ann 2
Ellen 2
Emily 2
Margaret 2
Amelia 1
Betsy 1
Edoth 1
Eleanor 1
Elizebeth 1
Elzebeth 1
Fanny 1
Frances 1
Harriet 1
Isabell 1
Lily 1
Maryann 1
Rose 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 9
John 6
William 6
James 4
Amos 3
Edward 3
Robert 3
Thomas 3
Alfred 2
Harry 2
Herbert 2
Aaron 1
Arthur 1
Bengamin 1
David 1
Edmund 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Frederic 1
Geo 1
Jno. 1
Job 1
Mark 1
Mathew 1
Matthew 1
Moses 1
Sam. 1
Samuel 1
Soloman 1
Thos.W. 1
Tom 1
Walter 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Windross surname: questions and answers

How common was the Windross surname in 1881?

In 1881, 135 people were recorded with the Windross surname. That placed it at #16,515 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Windross surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 202 in 2016. That gives Windross a modern rank of #19,475.

What does the Windross map show?

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