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UK surname

Wooliscroft

In the 1881 census there were 246 people recorded with the Wooliscroft surname, ranking it #11,201 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 126, ranked #26,686, down from #11,201 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Prestbury, Bebbington and Glossop. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stafford, Derbyshire Dales and Stoke-on-Trent.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Wooliscroft is 246 in 1881. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 48.8%.

1881 census count

246

Ranked #11,201

Modern count

126

2016, ranked #26,686

Peak year

1881

246 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Wooliscroft had 246 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,201 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 126 in 2016, ranked #26,686.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 246 in 1881.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Wooliscroft surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Wooliscroft surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Wooliscroft 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 119 #15,247
1861 historical 105 #20,298
1881 historical 246 #11,201
1891 historical 215 #14,155
1901 historical 236 #13,616
1911 historical 216 #14,240
1997 modern 110 #25,529
1998 modern 157 #21,058
1999 modern 146 #22,202
2000 modern 129 #23,901
2001 modern 127 #23,781
2002 modern 122 #24,874
2003 modern 119 #25,026
2004 modern 122 #24,812
2005 modern 128 #24,076
2006 modern 132 #23,834
2007 modern 139 #23,377
2008 modern 136 #24,004
2009 modern 135 #24,594
2010 modern 134 #25,263
2011 modern 136 #24,819
2012 modern 129 #25,705
2013 modern 125 #26,695
2014 modern 127 #26,634
2015 modern 129 #26,226
2016 modern 126 #26,686

Geography

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Where Wooliscrofts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Prestbury, Bebbington, Glossop, Wolstanton and Burslem. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stafford, Derbyshire Dales, Stoke-on-Trent and Trafford. 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 Prestbury Cheshire
2 Bebbington Cheshire
3 Glossop Derbyshire
4 Wolstanton Staffordshire
5 Burslem Staffordshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stafford 001 Stafford
2 Derbyshire Dales 007 Derbyshire Dales
3 Stoke-on-Trent 017 Stoke-on-Trent
4 Stoke-on-Trent 024 Stoke-on-Trent
5 Trafford 012 Trafford

Forenames

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First names often paired with Wooliscroft

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Wooliscroft

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Wooliscroft surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Wooliscroft household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Wooliscroft is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Wooliscroft 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

Wooliscroft 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 Wooliscroft is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 25-30 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 Wooliscroft, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Wooliscroft families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Wooliscroft 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 133 Wooliscrofts recorded in 1881 and an index of 16.42x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 133 16.42x
Cheshire 51 9.63x
Derbyshire 28 7.45x
Worcestershire 12 3.83x
Yorkshire 8 0.34x
Lancashire 7 0.25x
Denbighshire 5 5.52x
Bedfordshire 1 0.80x
Hampshire 1 0.20x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stoke Upon Trent in Staffordshire leads with 41 Wooliscrofts recorded in 1881 and an index of 47.74x.

Place Total Index
Stoke Upon Trent 41 47.74x
Wolstanton Oldcott 21 716.72x
Fairfield 14 557.77x
Tranmere 13 66.77x
Glossop Dale 12 68.22x
Wolstanton 10 40.65x
Macclesfield 9 38.23x
Oldbury 9 58.37x
Rugeley 8 137.69x
Colwich 7 362.69x
Odd Rode 7 267.18x
Fawfieldhead 6 1153.85x
Mayfield 6 594.06x
Burslem 5 21.55x
Burton 5 847.46x
Tipton 5 20.16x
Dewsbury 4 16.40x
Flixton 4 273.97x
Kingston 4 1739.13x
Sutton In Macclesfield 4 72.73x
Wolstanton Chesterton 4 96.62x
Chester St Oswald 3 31.28x
Eccleshall 3 97.72x
Great Boughton 3 163.93x
Kings Norton 3 10.68x
Leek Lowe 3 27.83x
Mavesyn Ridware 3 769.23x
Sandbach 3 66.37x
Snydale 3 612.24x
Buxton 2 62.89x
Haslington 2 134.23x
Heswall Cum Oldfield 2 273.97x
Bedford St Paul 1 11.74x
Bosden 1 61.35x
Caverswall 1 23.75x
Checkley 1 47.62x
Chorlton On Medlock 1 2.21x
Congleton 1 10.93x
Farnborough 1 19.34x
Hollingworth 1 45.87x
Horninglow 1 26.18x
Ipstones 1 86.21x
Kirkdale 1 2.09x
Liverpool 1 0.58x
Longdon 1 89.29x
Over 1 18.59x
Sheffield 1 1.32x
Waterfall 1 294.12x
Wildboarclough 1 526.32x
Wolverhampton 1 1.61x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Elizabeth 12
Mary 11
Martha 7
Sarah 6
Frances 5
Ann 4
Charlotte 4
Edith 4
Eliza 4
Emma 4
Hannah 4
Jane 4
Agnes 3
Alice 3
Ellen 3
Emily 3
Esther 3
Florence 3
Maria 3
A. 2
Annie 2
Betsy 2
Helen 2
Julia 2
Laura 2
Annia 1
Aury 1
Barbara 1
Christiana 1
Eleanor 1
Elloner 1
Emer 1
Fanny 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Harriett 1
Jessie 1
Leah 1
Lydia 1
M.A. 1
Mabel 1
Margret 1
Marian 1
Nancy 1
Prethenay 1
Rebecca 1
Sally 1
Thirza 1
Thomas 1
Thursa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 23
John 17
Joseph 10
George 8
Thomas 7
Charles 5
Henry 4
James 4
Edward 3
Ralph 3
Solomon 3
Arthur 2
Daniel 2
Hugh 2
Jacob 2
Samuel 2
Abraham 1
Albert 1
Alfred 1
Alice 1
Bernard 1
David 1
Edw. 1
Ellis 1
Frank 1
Fred 1
Geo. 1
Harold 1
Henshall 1
Herbert 1
Isaac 1
J. 1
Mark 1
T. 1
Walter 1
Wm.Chas. 1

FAQ

Wooliscroft surname: questions and answers

How common was the Wooliscroft surname in 1881?

In 1881, 246 people were recorded with the Wooliscroft surname. That placed it at #11,201 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Wooliscroft surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 126 in 2016. That gives Wooliscroft a modern rank of #26,686.

What does the Wooliscroft map show?

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