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UK surname

Caudwell

In the 1881 census there were 308 people recorded with the Caudwell surname, ranking it #9,542 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 560, ranked #9,165, up from #9,542 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Winkbourn, Teversall and Southwell, Farnsfield. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include North East Derbyshire, East Lindsey and Thurrock.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Caudwell is 568 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 81.8%.

1881 census count

308

Ranked #9,542

Modern count

560

2016, ranked #9,165

Peak year

2002

568 bearers

Map years

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1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Caudwell had 308 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,542 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 560 in 2016, ranked #9,165.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 326 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Caudwell surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Caudwell surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Caudwell 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 92 #18,050
1861 historical 137 #16,465
1881 historical 308 #9,542
1891 historical 255 #12,552
1901 historical 262 #12,740
1911 historical 326 #10,763
1997 modern 542 #8,759
1998 modern 559 #8,808
1999 modern 562 #8,825
2000 modern 550 #8,943
2001 modern 550 #8,799
2002 modern 568 #8,764
2003 modern 529 #9,109
2004 modern 534 #9,057
2005 modern 549 #8,798
2006 modern 531 #9,063
2007 modern 544 #8,972
2008 modern 535 #9,155
2009 modern 557 #9,081
2010 modern 547 #9,399
2011 modern 567 #9,055
2012 modern 540 #9,312
2013 modern 546 #9,392
2014 modern 551 #9,378
2015 modern 553 #9,267
2016 modern 560 #9,165

Geography

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Where Caudwells are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Winkbourn, Teversall, Southwell, Farnsfield, Mansfield and Killamarsh. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to North East Derbyshire, East Lindsey, Thurrock, Doncaster and Tameside. 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 Winkbourn Nottinghamshire
2 Teversall Nottinghamshire
3 Southwell, Farnsfield Nottinghamshire
4 Mansfield Nottinghamshire
5 Killamarsh Derbyshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 North East Derbyshire 001 North East Derbyshire
2 East Lindsey 017 East Lindsey
3 Thurrock 008 Thurrock
4 Doncaster 034 Doncaster
5 Tameside 001 Tameside

Forenames

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First names often paired with Caudwell

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Caudwell

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

Caudwell is most concentrated in decile 9 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

Caudwell 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 Caudwell 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Caudwell, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Caudwell families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Caudwell 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. Nottinghamshire leads with 94 Caudwells recorded in 1881 and an index of 23.36x.

County Total Index
Nottinghamshire 94 23.36x
Derbyshire 62 13.27x
Lincolnshire 31 6.50x
Middlesex 24 0.80x
Berkshire 19 8.48x
Yorkshire 18 0.61x
Suffolk 9 2.48x
Surrey 8 0.55x
Kent 7 0.69x
Staffordshire 7 0.69x
Lancashire 5 0.14x
Northamptonshire 5 1.78x
Sussex 4 0.79x
Cheshire 3 0.46x
Hampshire 3 0.49x
Norfolk 3 0.65x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.53x
Leicestershire 1 0.30x
Royal Navy 1 2.81x
Somerset 1 0.21x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Winkbourn in Nottinghamshire leads with 16 Caudwells recorded in 1881 and an index of 12307.69x.

Place Total Index
Winkbourn 16 12307.69x
Southwell 14 477.82x
Worksop 14 117.35x
Killamarsh 12 412.37x
Mansfield 12 86.21x
Shirland 10 285.71x
Teversall 10 2380.95x
Holbeach 9 169.49x
Linby 9 2727.27x
Wales 9 384.62x
Barnetby Le Wold 8 919.54x
St George Hanover Square 8 15.21x
Blewbury 7 909.09x
Chelsea London 7 7.78x
Chesterfield 7 39.95x
Drayton 6 937.50x
Gedney 6 307.69x
Leake 6 273.97x
Newcastle Under Lyme 6 33.65x
Wessington 6 952.38x
Ipswich St Margaret 5 40.52x
Little Chester 5 847.46x
Swinton In Rotherham 5 63.94x
Denby 4 279.72x
Egmanton 4 1666.67x
Paddington London 4 3.64x
Wellingborough 4 28.33x
Wellow 4 1052.63x
Chatham 3 10.71x
Edingley 3 1000.00x
Garboldisham 3 454.55x
Heanor 3 42.92x
Horsley 3 106.76x
Hurstbourne Tarrant 3 348.84x
Kensington London 3 1.81x
Lancing 3 217.39x
Newington 3 2.72x
Poynton 3 135.14x
Rowsley Great 3 1034.48x
Sheffield 3 3.19x
Stowmarket 3 71.43x
Tenterden 3 83.57x
Warsop 3 280.37x
West Derby 3 2.90x
Alfreton 2 14.08x
Barton Upon Irwell 2 7.50x
Blackwell 2 86.96x
Quarndon 2 350.88x
Wandsworth 2 6.96x
Wantage 2 56.02x
West Ilsley 2 512.82x
Abingdon St Helen 1 15.27x
Bathley 1 588.24x
Beckenham 1 7.51x
Brampton 1 15.31x
Brighton 1 0.98x
Camberwell 1 0.52x
Clowne 1 53.76x
Croydon 1 1.24x
Eagle 1 212.77x
Eagle Hall 1 1428.57x
East Retford 1 28.65x
Gamston 1 384.62x
Harwell 1 120.48x
Hornsey 1 2.65x
Ixworth 1 97.09x
Lambeth 1 0.38x
Mile End Old Town London 1 1.57x
Northampton Priory St 1 5.93x
Nottingham St Mary 1 0.96x
Pentrich 1 38.02x
Rothley Temple 1 1111.11x
Royal Navy 1 3.29x
Snenton 1 6.33x
Stanley Cum Wrenthorpe 1 7.28x
Stone 1 7.76x
Stretham 1 74.07x
Trull 1 102.04x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 20
Elizabeth 16
Sarah 13
Alice 6
Emma 6
Annie 4
Elizth. 4
Ellen 4
Jane 4
Anne 3
Bertha 3
Charlotte 3
Eliza 3
Esther 3
Hannah 3
Lydia 3
Martha 3
Betsy 2
Catherine 2
E. 2
Elizebeth 2
Fanny 2
Harriett 2
Kate 2
Lucy 2
Minnie 2
Patience 2
Rebecca 2
Ader 1
Alma 1
Ann 1
Aurelie 1
Cecelia 1
Clara 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Elizth.Emma 1
Emily 1
Florence 1
Frusanuch 1
Harriet 1
Hattie 1
Jessie 1
Laura 1
Liza 1
Lucey 1
Margaret 1
Maria 1
Marian 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 22
William 18
George 9
Henry 9
Joseph 9
Charles 7
Thomas 6
Edward 5
Samuel 4
Francis 3
James 3
Robert 3
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
David 2
Frank 2
Frederick 2
Job 2
Walter 2
Cuthbert 1
Edmond 1
Edwd. 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Elkanah 1
Ernest 1
Fred 1
Frederic 1
Geo.W. 1
Goerge 1
Gordon 1
Harry 1
Herbert 1
Jesse 1
Jno. 1
Jos. 1
Leopold 1
Morris 1
Paul 1
Percy 1
Roland 1
Saml. 1
Sarah 1
Selwyn 1
Stephen 1
Sydney 1
Theodore 1
Tom 1
Wallace 1
Zerah 1

FAQ

Caudwell surname: questions and answers

How common was the Caudwell surname in 1881?

In 1881, 308 people were recorded with the Caudwell surname. That placed it at #9,542 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Caudwell surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 560 in 2016. That gives Caudwell a modern rank of #9,165.

What does the Caudwell map show?

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