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UK surname

Clatworthy

An English surname derived from a place name meaning "ridge near the clay pit."

In the 1881 census there were 734 people recorded with the Clatworthy surname, ranking it #4,986 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 1,074, ranked #5,440, down from #4,986 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Petherton, North, Exton and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bridgend and Cornwall.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Clatworthy is 1,139 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 46.3%.

1881 census count

734

Ranked #4,986

Modern count

1,074

2016, ranked #5,440

Peak year

1999

1,139 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Clatworthy had 734 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #4,986 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 1,074 in 2016, ranked #5,440.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 1,115 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Established but Challenged.

Clatworthy surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Clatworthy surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Clatworthy 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 523 #4,797
1861 historical 550 #4,785
1881 historical 734 #4,986
1891 historical 829 #4,899
1901 historical 1,024 #4,662
1911 historical 1,115 #4,170
1997 modern 1,022 #5,385
1998 modern 1,108 #5,225
1999 modern 1,139 #5,150
2000 modern 1,112 #5,223
2001 modern 1,092 #5,203
2002 modern 1,108 #5,238
2003 modern 1,048 #5,388
2004 modern 1,051 #5,381
2005 modern 1,019 #5,463
2006 modern 1,004 #5,551
2007 modern 1,008 #5,573
2008 modern 1,002 #5,644
2009 modern 1,036 #5,612
2010 modern 1,070 #5,559
2011 modern 1,087 #5,433
2012 modern 1,066 #5,431
2013 modern 1,091 #5,411
2014 modern 1,082 #5,487
2015 modern 1,083 #5,418
2016 modern 1,074 #5,440

Geography

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Where Clatworthys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Petherton, North, Exton, London parishes and Winsford. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bridgend and Cornwall. 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 Petherton, North Somerset
2 Exton Devon
3 London parishes London 3
4 Winsford Devon
5 London parishes London 2

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bridgend 008 Bridgend
2 Bridgend 003 Bridgend
3 Bridgend 010 Bridgend
4 Bridgend 004 Bridgend
5 Cornwall 057 Cornwall

Forenames

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First names often paired with Clatworthy

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Clatworthy

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

Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce

Group

Established but Challenged

Nationally, the Clatworthy surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Established but Challenged, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Clatworthy household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Many households in these neighbourhoods comprise separated or divorced single parents with dependent children. Residents are typically born in the UK, and these neighbourhoods have relatively few members of ethnic minorities. The prevalence of children, their parents and those at or above normal retirement age, suggests neighbourhood structures may be long-established. Levels of unpaid care are high, and long-term disability is more common than in the Supergroup as a whole. Use of the social rented sector is common, often in terraced houses. Levels of overcrowding are above the Supergroup average. Unemployment is high, while those in work are employed in elementary occupations such as caring, leisure and customer services. Many residents have low level qualifications. Neighbourhood concentrations of this Group are found in the South Wales Valleys, Belfast, Londonderry and the Central Lowlands of Scotland.

Wider pattern

Living in terraced or semi-detached houses, residents of these neighbourhoods typically lack high levels of education and work in elementary or routine service occupations. Unemployment is above average. Residents are predominantly born in the UK, and residents are also predominantly from ethnic minorities. Social (but not private sector) rented sector housing is common. This Supergroup is found throughout the UK’s conurbations and industrial regions but is also an integral part of smaller towns.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Clatworthy is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. 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 concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Clatworthy 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

Clatworthy falls in decile 3 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 Clatworthy 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 Clatworthy, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Clatworthy

The surname Clatworthy has its origins in the counties of Somerset and Devon in the southwest of England. It is a locational name derived from the place name "Clatworthy", which comes from the Old English words "claeg" meaning "clay" and "wordig" meaning "an enclosure or homestead". This suggests the name originally referred to a clay dwelling or homestead.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname date back to the late 12th century. In the Pipe Rolls of Somerset from 1194, there is a reference to a Radulfus de Clatteworth. The Hundred Rolls of 1273 also mention a William de Clatteworthy from Somerset. These early spellings show how the name evolved over time.

In the Domesday Book of 1086, there are several entries for places called "Clatewrde" and "Clateworde" in Somerset, which are likely early spellings of the place name Clatworthy. This provides evidence that the name was established in this region by the late 11th century.

One notable bearer of the Clatworthy name was Sir Hugh Clatworthy (1675-1743), a British naval officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station from 1737 to 1741. Another was George Clatworthy (1807-1887), a British artist known for his landscape paintings of the Somerset and Devon countryside.

Other historical figures with this surname include John Clatworthy (1614-1699), a Puritan minister and author from Somersetshire, and Richard Clatworthy (1717-1794), a British naval officer who served during the American Revolutionary War.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the Clatworthy name was particularly concentrated in the parishes of Clatworthy and Wiveliscombe in Somerset, as well as the nearby town of Tiverton in Devon. This further reinforces the surname's strong connection to this region of southwest England.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Clatworthy families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Clatworthy 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. Devon leads with 190 Clatworthys recorded in 1881 and an index of 12.64x.

County Total Index
Devon 190 12.64x
Somerset 145 12.48x
Middlesex 96 1.33x
Cornwall 73 8.93x
Glamorgan 71 5.65x
Lancashire 30 0.35x
Surrey 28 0.80x
Kent 25 1.02x
Gloucestershire 24 1.70x
Nottinghamshire 19 1.95x
Yorkshire 7 0.10x
Buckinghamshire 5 1.15x
Derbyshire 5 0.44x
Pembrokeshire 5 2.18x
Royal Navy 4 4.65x
Ayrshire 3 0.56x
Hampshire 3 0.20x
Warwickshire 3 0.16x
Monmouthshire 2 0.38x
Dorset 1 0.21x
Herefordshire 1 0.34x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Plymouth St Andrew in Devon leads with 31 Clatworthys recorded in 1881 and an index of 26.78x.

Place Total Index
Plymouth St Andrew 31 26.78x
North Petherton 30 320.17x
Saltash 28 441.64x
Bethnal Green London 23 7.33x
Llanguick 20 88.81x
Beerferris 16 546.08x
Old Cleeve 16 385.54x
Islington London 15 2.14x
West Derby 15 5.99x
Lifton 14 386.74x
Winsford 13 1083.33x
Bedminster 12 10.99x
St Pancras London 12 2.07x
Chittlehampton 11 296.50x
Battersea 10 3.76x
Llandaff 10 23.91x
Dunster 9 323.74x
Landrake 9 494.51x
Morwenstow 9 450.00x
Newton Nottage 9 260.87x
Ratcliffe London 9 22.58x
Brixham 8 45.95x
Everton 8 2.93x
Exton 8 800.00x
Luxborough 8 776.70x
Roath 8 14.01x
Rochester St Nicholas 8 104.44x
Rotherhithe 8 8.97x
Worksop 8 27.72x
Bristol St Mary Redcliff 7 54.26x
Hampstead London 7 6.23x
Hawkridge 7 3181.82x
Llandyfodwg 7 98.18x
Taunton St Mary 7 32.82x
Bridgewater 6 19.02x
Camberwell 6 1.30x
Cilybebill 6 125.00x
Exeter St Thomas The 6 39.16x
Hartland 6 128.21x
Mansfield Woodhouse 6 92.74x
Milton In Milton 6 57.31x
Perranzabuloe 6 85.11x
Plymouth Charles The 6 9.06x
St George Hanover Square 6 4.72x
Stoke Newington London 6 10.67x
Bishops Tawton 5 106.61x
Bristol St Paul In 5 13.26x
Burnham 5 56.43x
Crediton 5 35.11x
Cutcombe 5 359.71x
Deptford St Paul 5 2.63x
Eton 5 50.56x
Mansfield 5 14.85x
Newton St Cyres 5 236.97x
Stoke Damerel 5 4.75x
Tenby St Mary In 5 42.81x
Thornton In Fylde 5 26.68x
Wortley In Bramley 5 8.83x
Bristol St James In 4 19.21x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 4 3.00x
Buckland West 4 439.56x
Chatham 4 5.90x
East Stonehouse 4 13.51x
Exeter St Sidwell 4 11.62x
Madron Penzance 4 13.46x
Marystow 4 416.67x
Neath 4 15.64x
Royal Navy 4 5.44x
Sawley 4 117.30x
South Molton 4 48.43x
St Ewe 4 161.29x
Wootton Courtney 4 493.83x
Aston 3 0.60x
Broad Clist 3 57.92x
Kensington London 3 0.75x
Luccombe 3 326.09x
Mamhead 3 612.24x
Poplar London 3 2.20x
Twitchen 3 588.24x
West Teignmouth 3 26.11x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 56
Elizabeth 23
Jane 18
Emma 17
Emily 14
Ellen 13
Annie 11
Sarah 11
Alice 9
Ann 7
Edith 7
Harriet 7
Eliza 6
Maria 6
Bessie 5
Grace 5
Louisa 5
Lucy 5
Amelia 4
Beatrice 4
Catherine 4
Fanny 4
Hannah 4
Matilda 4
Anne 3
Caroline 3
Florence 3
Frances 3
Julia 3
Kate 3
Margaret 3
Susan 3
Elizth. 2
Eva 2
Gertrude 2
Isabella 2
Jessie 2
Lilly 2
Louise 2
Lydia 2
Mabel 2
Margret 2
Martha 2
Nellie 2
Phoebe 2
Rose 2
Selina 2
Thirza 2
Elizth.J. 1
Zn.A. 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 62
John 56
James 28
Thomas 27
George 17
Charles 15
Joseph 13
Alfred 12
Henry 11
Richard 10
Frank 7
Frederick 7
Walter 7
Edwin 6
Albert 5
Arthur 5
Francis 5
Robert 5
Samuel 5
Edward 3
Fred 3
Herbert 3
Percy 3
Sydney 3
Thos. 3
Willm. 3
Augustus 2
Elias 2
Evan 2
Horace 2
Jas. 2
Jesse 2
Jonathan 2
Joshua 2
Richd. 2
Stephen 2
Tom 2
Wm. 2
Bertie 1
Cornelius 1
Daniel 1
Ebenezer 1
Hamilton 1
Harry 1
Jno. 1
Mathiars 1
Matthew 1
Moses 1
Nelson 1
Osbourne 1

FAQ

Clatworthy surname: questions and answers

How common was the Clatworthy surname in 1881?

In 1881, 734 people were recorded with the Clatworthy surname. That placed it at #4,986 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Clatworthy surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 1,074 in 2016. That gives Clatworthy a modern rank of #5,440.

What does the Clatworthy surname mean?

An English surname derived from a place name meaning "ridge near the clay pit."

What does the Clatworthy map show?

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