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UK surname

Bazeley

In the 1881 census there were 299 people recorded with the Bazeley surname, ranking it #9,740 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 517, ranked #9,761, down from #9,740 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Eccleston, London parishes and Northampton All Saints. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Cornwall, Northampton and Winchester.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Bazeley is 596 in 1998. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 72.9%.

1881 census count

299

Ranked #9,740

Modern count

517

2016, ranked #9,761

Peak year

1998

596 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Bazeley had 299 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,740 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 517 in 2016, ranked #9,761.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 583 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Bazeley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Bazeley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Bazeley 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 203 #10,291
1861 historical 190 #12,520
1881 historical 299 #9,740
1891 historical 403 #8,822
1901 historical 540 #7,620
1911 historical 583 #6,986
1997 modern 570 #8,442
1998 modern 596 #8,434
1999 modern 584 #8,595
2000 modern 596 #8,465
2001 modern 574 #8,539
2002 modern 573 #8,710
2003 modern 543 #8,932
2004 modern 544 #8,933
2005 modern 529 #9,066
2006 modern 538 #8,969
2007 modern 524 #9,230
2008 modern 515 #9,430
2009 modern 537 #9,341
2010 modern 555 #9,305
2011 modern 556 #9,185
2012 modern 542 #9,279
2013 modern 553 #9,299
2014 modern 556 #9,298
2015 modern 531 #9,584
2016 modern 517 #9,761

Geography

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Where Bazeleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Eccleston, London parishes, Northampton All Saints, Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory and Floore. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Cornwall, Northampton and Winchester. 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 Eccleston Lancashire
2 London parishes London 3
3 Northampton All Saints Northamptonshire
4 Northampton St Giles, Northampton St Sepulchre, Northampton Priory Northamptonshire
5 Floore Northamptonshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Cornwall 019 Cornwall
2 Northampton 006 Northampton
3 Northampton 004 Northampton
4 Winchester 011 Winchester
5 Northampton 002 Northampton

Forenames

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First names often paired with Bazeley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Bazeley

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

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Bazeley surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Bazeley 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 comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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, Bazeley 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

Bazeley is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Bazeley falls in decile 6 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 Bazeley 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 Bazeley, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Bazeley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Bazeley 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. Northamptonshire leads with 99 Bazeleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 36.09x.

County Total Index
Northamptonshire 99 36.09x
Middlesex 42 1.44x
Cornwall 28 8.48x
Devon 25 4.12x
Oxfordshire 22 12.21x
Lancashire 14 0.40x
Bedfordshire 11 7.28x
Berkshire 11 5.02x
Warwickshire 10 1.36x
Buckinghamshire 8 4.54x
Surrey 8 0.56x
Gloucestershire 7 1.22x
Huntingdonshire 3 5.18x
Somerset 3 0.64x
Essex 2 0.35x
Wiltshire 2 0.78x
Kent 1 0.10x
Rutland 1 4.67x
Shropshire 1 0.40x
Sussex 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. Bletchington in Oxfordshire leads with 20 Bazeleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 3333.33x.

Place Total Index
Bletchington 20 3333.33x
Greatworth 15 8823.53x
Northampton All Sts 15 161.12x
Marston St Lawrence 14 3589.74x
Parbold 14 2592.59x
Bedford St Paul 11 106.18x
Hackney London 11 6.73x
Madron Penzance 10 83.26x
Bideford 8 123.08x
Weedon Beck 8 406.09x
Acton 7 40.94x
Morton Pinkney 7 1590.91x
Plymouth St Andrew 7 14.97x
St Luke London 7 14.96x
Stoke Goldington 7 864.20x
Paddington London 6 5.59x
Purley 6 3157.89x
St Issey 6 882.35x
Upper Heyford 6 5454.55x
Camberwell 5 2.68x
Cookham 5 73.21x
North Molton 5 423.73x
St Mewan 5 490.20x
Weston Favell 5 909.09x
Aston 4 1.97x
Birmingham 4 1.63x
Liskeard 4 72.33x
Matson 4 5714.29x
Northampton St Giles 4 38.28x
Northampton St Sepulchre 4 28.65x
Wappenham 4 869.57x
Chelsea London 3 3.41x
Northam 3 67.87x
Pattishall 3 329.67x
Westbury On Trym 3 15.48x
Cranham 2 476.19x
Daventry 2 51.55x
Everdon 2 357.14x
Helmdon 2 377.36x
Mitcham 2 22.27x
Napton On Hill 2 227.27x
St Neots 2 63.49x
Taunton St Mary 2 23.20x
Warkworth 2 80.97x
West Haddon 2 224.72x
Banbury 1 27.70x
Bodmin 1 18.32x
Bradford On Avon 1 12.11x
Brighton 1 1.01x
Bythorn 1 384.62x
Clapham 1 2.74x
Dundry 1 178.57x
East Stonehouse 1 8.36x
Grafton Regis 1 588.24x
Greens Norton 1 114.94x
Hammersmith London 1 1.39x
Hornsey 1 2.71x
Kensington London 1 0.62x
Lewisham 1 1.88x
Long Buckby 1 39.37x
Madron 1 37.45x
Mere 1 34.13x
Neithrop 1 16.53x
Oakham Lordshold 1 44.64x
Paulerspury 1 87.72x
Pinner 1 39.22x
Preston Bisset 1 294.12x
Shepperton 1 77.52x
Shoreditch London 1 0.79x
St Columb Major 1 36.50x
St Marylebone London 1 0.64x
Sutton 1 1428.57x
Tiverton 1 9.56x
Westminster St James 1 3.34x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 18
Elizabeth 13
Sarah 8
Jane 7
Alice 6
Ellen 6
Frances 6
Ada 5
Ann 5
Annie 4
Eliza 4
Emily 4
Lydia 4
Beatrice 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Louisa 3
Susan 3
Caroline 2
Edith 2
Eleaner 2
Elizth. 2
Fanny 2
Julia 2
Kate 2
Laura 2
Maria 2
Martha 2
Maud 2
Agnes 1
Betsey 1
Catherine 1
Clarissa 1
Constance 1
Diana 1
Elizth.J. 1
Ella 1
Esther 1
Georgina 1
Hannah 1
Henrietta 1
Infant 1
Isabella 1
Janie 1
Kathleen 1
Lilian 1
Lina 1
Lizzie 1
M. 1
Matilda 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 23
John 15
George 9
Henry 9
Thomas 7
Alfred 6
James 6
Charles 5
Joseph 5
Edward 3
Robert 3
Arthur 2
Edwin 2
Frank 2
Frederick 2
Harry 2
Horace 2
J. 2
Samuel 2
Thos. 2
Uriah 2
Walter 2
Albert 1
Augustus 1
Benjamin 1
Ellen 1
Ernest 1
Estell 1
Ezekiel 1
Francis 1
Fredrick 1
Geo. 1
Herbert 1
Higgins 1
Jesse 1
Knightley 1
Mark 1
Martin 1
Montague 1
Owen 1
Reuben 1
Richard 1
Riley 1
Rufus 1
Sidney 1
Solomon 1
Vincent 1
W. 1
Wilm. 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Bazeley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Bazeley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 299 people were recorded with the Bazeley surname. That placed it at #9,740 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Bazeley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 517 in 2016. That gives Bazeley a modern rank of #9,761.

What does the Bazeley map show?

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