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UK surname

Carbutt

In the 1881 census there were 147 people recorded with the Carbutt surname, ranking it #15,674 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 212, ranked #18,843, down from #15,674 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Silkstone, Birstall and Knaresborough (Bilton and Harrogate, Scriven with Tentergate, Knaresborough), Pannall. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Colchester, Cheshire East and Kirklees.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Carbutt is 245 in 2000. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 44.2%.

1881 census count

147

Ranked #15,674

Modern count

212

2016, ranked #18,843

Peak year

2000

245 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Carbutt had 147 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #15,674 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 212 in 2016, ranked #18,843.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 222 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Carbutt surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Carbutt surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Carbutt 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 111 #16,006
1861 historical 108 #19,856
1881 historical 147 #15,674
1891 historical 185 #15,803
1901 historical 222 #14,169
1911 historical 202 #14,871
1997 modern 236 #15,852
1998 modern 239 #16,179
1999 modern 230 #16,685
2000 modern 245 #15,955
2001 modern 229 #16,467
2002 modern 229 #16,771
2003 modern 222 #16,942
2004 modern 218 #17,230
2005 modern 224 #16,876
2006 modern 216 #17,397
2007 modern 216 #17,575
2008 modern 222 #17,442
2009 modern 232 #17,293
2010 modern 224 #18,047
2011 modern 214 #18,436
2012 modern 224 #17,786
2013 modern 219 #18,385
2014 modern 219 #18,523
2015 modern 220 #18,346
2016 modern 212 #18,843

Geography

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Where Carbutts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Silkstone, Birstall, Knaresborough (Bilton and Harrogate, Scriven with Tentergate, Knaresborough), Pannall, Batley and St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Colchester, Cheshire East and Kirklees. 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 Silkstone Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Birstall Yorkshire, West Riding
3 Knaresborough (Bilton and Harrogate, Scriven with Tentergate, Knaresborough), Pannall Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Batley Yorkshire, West Riding
5 St Michael-le-Belfry, St Giles Yorkshire, East Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Colchester 001 Colchester
2 Cheshire East 022 Cheshire East
3 Cheshire East 033 Cheshire East
4 Kirklees 008 Kirklees
5 Kirklees 006 Kirklees

Forenames

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First names often paired with Carbutt

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Carbutt

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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Carbutt is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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 primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Carbutt 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

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

1881 census detail

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Carbutt families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Carbutt 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 81 Carbutts recorded in 1881 and an index of 5.70x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 81 5.70x
Lincolnshire 34 14.83x
Berkshire 5 4.65x
Nottinghamshire 5 2.59x
Surrey 5 0.72x
Middlesex 4 0.28x
Cambridgeshire 3 3.30x
Cheshire 3 0.95x
Lancashire 3 0.18x
Norfolk 2 0.91x
Hampshire 1 0.34x
Monmouthshire 1 0.96x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Sutton St Mary in Lincolnshire leads with 20 Carbutts recorded in 1881 and an index of 921.66x.

Place Total Index
Sutton St Mary 20 921.66x
Gomersal 14 211.16x
Batley 12 88.89x
Barnsley 10 68.21x
Cleckheaton 9 172.08x
Holbeach 8 313.73x
Huddersfield 8 38.65x
Hampsthwaite 6 2727.27x
Bray 5 158.23x
Grassthorpe 5 12500.00x
Great Grimsby 5 34.36x
Penge 4 43.67x
York St Crux 4 1000.00x
Adel Cum Eccup 3 508.47x
Birkenhead 3 11.89x
Islington London 3 2.16x
Sheffield 3 6.63x
York St Mary 3 51.02x
Headingley Cum Burley 2 21.86x
Toxteth Park 2 3.47x
Walsoken 2 150.38x
Wisbech St Peter 2 43.96x
Bawtry 1 222.22x
Castleford 1 19.34x
Croydon 1 2.58x
Doncaster 1 9.63x
Ecclesall Bierlow 1 3.46x
Hackney London 1 1.24x
Lutton 1 263.16x
Monmouth 1 36.36x
Nun Monkton 1 769.23x
Openshaw 1 12.55x
Portsea 1 1.74x
Wisbech St Mary 1 96.15x
York St Andrew 1 714.29x
York St Lawrence 1 67.57x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 11
William 8
George 7
Robert 6
Albert 3
Charles 3
Harry 3
Thomas 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
David 2
Frederick 2
Henry 2
James 2
Joseph 2
Thos. 2
Walter 2
Benjamin 1
Charley 1
Francis 1
Jno.Wm. 1
Law 1
Leonard 1
Luke 1
Matthew 1
Minor 1
Norton 1
Richard 1
Rowland 1
Saml. 1
Samuel 1
Thornton 1
Thos.A. 1
Walker 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Carbutt surname: questions and answers

How common was the Carbutt surname in 1881?

In 1881, 147 people were recorded with the Carbutt surname. That placed it at #15,674 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Carbutt surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 212 in 2016. That gives Carbutt a modern rank of #18,843.

What does the Carbutt map show?

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