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UK surname

Cackett

In the 1881 census there were 242 people recorded with the Cackett surname, ranking it #11,333 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 349, ranked #13,189, down from #11,333 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Barking, Pluckley with Pevington and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Ashford, Forest of Dean and Maidstone.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cackett is 445 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 44.2%.

1881 census count

242

Ranked #11,333

Modern count

349

2016, ranked #13,189

Peak year

2000

445 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cackett had 242 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,333 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 349 in 2016, ranked #13,189.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 405 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Cackett surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cackett surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cackett 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 136 #13,892
1861 historical 118 #18,512
1881 historical 242 #11,333
1891 historical 296 #11,215
1901 historical 360 #10,212
1911 historical 405 #9,212
1997 modern 426 #10,490
1998 modern 430 #10,772
1999 modern 429 #10,874
2000 modern 445 #10,539
2001 modern 436 #10,500
2002 modern 423 #10,975
2003 modern 398 #11,301
2004 modern 390 #11,495
2005 modern 363 #12,037
2006 modern 363 #12,123
2007 modern 361 #12,303
2008 modern 358 #12,485
2009 modern 380 #12,198
2010 modern 389 #12,251
2011 modern 377 #12,392
2012 modern 367 #12,499
2013 modern 383 #12,314
2014 modern 374 #12,598
2015 modern 363 #12,793
2016 modern 349 #13,189

Geography

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Where Cacketts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Barking, Pluckley with Pevington, London parishes, Ashford and Tottenham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Ashford, Forest of Dean, Maidstone, West Devon and Wealden. 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 Barking Essex
2 Pluckley with Pevington Kent
3 London parishes London 3
4 Ashford Kent
5 Tottenham Middlesex (Exclusive Of London Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Ashford 002 Ashford
2 Forest of Dean 007 Forest of Dean
3 Maidstone 013 Maidstone
4 West Devon 005 West Devon
5 Wealden 002 Wealden

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cackett

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cackett

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cackett, 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 Cackett surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Cackett 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, Cackett 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

Cackett 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

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

1881 census detail

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Cackett families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cackett 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. Kent leads with 126 Cacketts recorded in 1881 and an index of 15.64x.

County Total Index
Kent 126 15.64x
Middlesex 51 2.16x
Essex 16 3.43x
Surrey 15 1.30x
Lancashire 8 0.29x
Lanarkshire 5 0.66x
Hampshire 4 0.83x
Norfolk 4 1.10x
Cheshire 3 0.58x
Somerset 3 0.79x
Yorkshire 3 0.13x
Cumberland 1 0.49x
Devon 1 0.20x
Northumberland 1 0.28x
Sussex 1 0.25x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Charing in Kent leads with 20 Cacketts recorded in 1881 and an index of 1834.86x.

Place Total Index
Charing 20 1834.86x
Milton In Gravesend 16 132.45x
Gravesend 15 219.94x
Hockley 12 2352.94x
Little Chart 11 5000.00x
Islington London 10 4.37x
Tottenham 10 26.60x
High Halstow 9 3000.00x
Beswick 8 111.73x
Sittingbourne 8 125.79x
Deptford St Paul 7 11.27x
Isleworth 7 66.73x
Shoreditch London 7 6.84x
Acton 6 43.35x
Croydon 6 9.40x
Ashford 5 63.78x
Canterbury St Dunstan 5 359.71x
Govan 5 2.65x
Bethnal Green London 4 3.90x
Bromley 4 32.57x
Chilham 4 347.83x
Marham 4 655.74x
Southwark St John 4 55.40x
Westwell 4 493.83x
Basingstoke 3 53.96x
Birkenhead 3 7.22x
Canterbury All Sts 3 1034.48x
Harrow 3 83.10x
Horton In Bradford 3 8.21x
North Petherton 3 98.04x
Pluckley 3 400.00x
Prittlewell 3 46.44x
St George Bloomsbury 3 22.16x
Charlton 2 37.38x
Hoo St Mary 2 800.00x
Newington 2 2.29x
Rochester St Margaret 2 23.56x
Aldershot 1 6.17x
Bedlington 1 8.53x
Chartham 1 49.75x
Chatham 1 4.51x
Eastling 1 256.41x
Exeter St Sidwell 1 8.89x
Gillingham 1 6.02x
Hastings St Leonards 1 17.09x
Kennington 1 166.67x
Lambeth 1 0.49x
Marden 1 52.91x
Oxted 1 72.46x
Penge 1 6.63x
Rayleigh 1 93.46x
Westminster St James 1 4.12x
Wetheral 1 37.17x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Sarah 10
Mary 9
Annie 6
Elizabeth 5
Alice 4
Ann 4
Elizth. 4
Ada 3
Ellen 3
Emily 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Isabella 3
Louisa 3
Ruth 3
Agnes 2
Amelia 2
Anne 2
Caroline 2
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Ethel 2
Jane 2
Margret 2
Matilda 2
Minnie 2
Celia 1
Constance 1
Eliza 1
Ernest 1
Ester 1
Esther 1
Fanny 1
Florance 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Harriet 1
Harriett 1
Jeanette 1
Kate 1
Lauria 1
Lilly 1
Mabel 1
Margaret 1
Marian 1
Maryann 1
Rachel 1
Susanh. 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
James 15
William 13
George 12
Charles 6
Henry 6
John 6
Alfred 5
Arthur 5
Edward 5
Frederick 5
Thomas 4
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Walter 3
Jesse 2
Percy 2
Thos.W. 2
Benjaman 1
Edwd. 1
Edwin 1
Frank 1
Geoge 1
Harry 1
Horace 1
Humpery 1
Isaac 1
Jessie 1
Joseph 1
Phineus 1
Reuben 1
Robert 1
Sampson 1
Sydney 1
Thos. 1
Willie 1
Willm.H. 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Cackett surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cackett surname in 1881?

In 1881, 242 people were recorded with the Cackett surname. That placed it at #11,333 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cackett surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 349 in 2016. That gives Cackett a modern rank of #13,189.

What does the Cackett map show?

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