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UK surname

Cleveley

In the 1881 census there were 128 people recorded with the Cleveley surname, ranking it #17,079 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 179, ranked #21,086, down from #17,079 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet, and Christ Church Spitalfields. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Wiltshire, Central Bedfordshire and Harborough.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cleveley is 191 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 39.8%.

1881 census count

128

Ranked #17,079

Modern count

179

2016, ranked #21,086

Peak year

1911

191 bearers

Map years

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1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cleveley had 128 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #17,079 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 179 in 2016, ranked #21,086.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 191 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Spacious Rural Living.

Cleveley surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cleveley surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cleveley 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 45 #25,168
1861 historical 51 #27,498
1881 historical 128 #17,079
1891 historical 172 #16,663
1901 historical 150 #18,075
1911 historical 191 #15,392
1997 modern 170 #19,505
1998 modern 181 #19,229
1999 modern 188 #18,931
2000 modern 185 #19,118
2001 modern 177 #19,357
2002 modern 169 #20,307
2003 modern 163 #20,554
2004 modern 171 #20,079
2005 modern 172 #19,908
2006 modern 168 #20,368
2007 modern 165 #20,893
2008 modern 170 #20,672
2009 modern 186 #19,946
2010 modern 185 #20,453
2011 modern 180 #20,649
2012 modern 181 #20,531
2013 modern 179 #21,028
2014 modern 177 #21,340
2015 modern 176 #21,291
2016 modern 179 #21,086

Geography

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Where Cleveleys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet,, Christ Church Spitalfields, Cheltenham and St Matthew Bethnal Green. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Wiltshire, Central Bedfordshire, Harborough, Shropshire and Derby. 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 Churcham, Sandhurst, St Mary-de-Lode, St Catherine Longford, Barnwood, Wootton Ville, North Hamlet, Gloucestershire
3 Christ Church Spitalfields London (East Districts)
4 Cheltenham Gloucestershire
5 St Matthew Bethnal Green London (East Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Wiltshire 035 Wiltshire
2 Central Bedfordshire 012 Central Bedfordshire
3 Harborough 005 Harborough
4 Shropshire 004 Shropshire
5 Derby 005 Derby

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cleveley

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cleveley

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

Retired Professionals

Group

Spacious Rural Living

Nationally, the Cleveley surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Spacious Rural Living, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Cleveley household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

These predominantly ageing households typically have no resident dependent children. Most are owner-occupiers and live in detached houses in low density residential developments (although renting is more common than in the rest of the Supergroup). White ethnicity predominates. Residents are typically beyond retirement age but those still in work have managerial, professional or skilled trade occupations. White ethnicity and Christian religious affiliation predominate. Neighbourhoods are located throughout rural UK.

Wider pattern

Typically married but no longer with resident dependent children, these well-educated households either remain working in their managerial, professional, administrative or other skilled occupations, or are retired from them – the modal individual age is beyond normal retirement age. Underoccupied detached and semi-detached properties predominate, and unpaid care is more prevalent than reported disability. The prevalence of this Supergroup outside most urban conurbations indicates that rural lifestyles prevail, typically sustained by using two or more cars per household.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

European Enclaves

Within London, Cleveley is most associated with areas classed as European Enclaves, 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

Many residents of these accessible neighbourhoods have wide-ranging non-UK European origins. Typically residing in privately rented flats, many residents live alone and are beyond normal retirement age. There are more students than elsewhere in the Supergroup, some of which live in communal establishments. Household residents are often drawn from different ethnic groups.

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

Cleveley 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

Cleveley falls in decile 9 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

9
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Cleveley is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 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 Cleveley, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cleveley families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cleveley 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. Gloucestershire leads with 50 Cleveleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 20.26x.

County Total Index
Gloucestershire 50 20.26x
Middlesex 35 2.78x
Worcestershire 12 7.30x
Wiltshire 8 7.19x
Lancashire 7 0.47x
Staffordshire 5 1.18x
Warwickshire 4 1.26x
Surrey 3 0.49x
Yorkshire 3 0.24x
Dorset 1 1.21x
Royal Navy 1 6.67x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Cheltenham in Gloucestershire leads with 23 Cleveleys recorded in 1881 and an index of 120.80x.

Place Total Index
Cheltenham 23 120.80x
Spitalfields London 12 126.85x
Powick 9 789.47x
Enfield 8 96.85x
Hilperton 8 2285.71x
Ozleworth 8 20000.00x
Northleach 7 1944.44x
Bethnal Green London 6 10.98x
Barton Upon Irwell 5 44.48x
Burntwood Edial 5 184.50x
St Luke London 5 24.78x
Birmingham 3 2.84x
Bristol St John Baptist 3 1304.35x
Bristol St Philip Jacob 3 12.91x
Duntisbourne Abbotts 2 1666.67x
Friern Barnet 2 72.20x
Huddersfield 2 11.01x
Reigate Foreign 2 30.12x
Stock And Bradley 2 2000.00x
Whittle Le Woods 2 408.16x
Bramham Cum Oglethorpe 1 200.00x
Charlton Kings 1 58.48x
Gloucester St Mary Lode 1 172.41x
Islington London 1 0.82x
Lambeth 1 0.91x
Ratcliffe London 1 14.39x
Royal Navy 1 7.80x
Stapleton 1 21.37x
Sutton Coldfield 1 29.94x
Tutnall Cobley 1 476.19x
Wheatenhurst 1 625.00x
Winterborne Whitechurch 1 555.56x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Emily 5
Mary 5
Elizabeth 4
Harriet 4
Sarah 4
Emma 3
Amelia 2
Annie 2
Eliza 2
Elizth. 2
Jane 2
Kate 2
Louisa 2
Lucy 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Alice 1
Ann 1
Betsy 1
Betty 1
Blanceh 1
Caroline 1
Clara 1
Edith 1
Ellen 1
Eva 1
Fanny 1
Martha 1
Minnie 1
Rosanna 1
Selina 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 12
William 10
George 7
Charles 5
Frederick 5
Henry 4
James 4
Thomas 4
Aaron 2
Albert 2
Arthur 2
Robert 2
Allen 1
Auther 1
David 1
Edward 1
Fredk. 1
Fredrick 1
Gilbert 1
Jelse 1
Joseph 1
Stephen 1
Tom 1
W. 1

FAQ

Cleveley surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cleveley surname in 1881?

In 1881, 128 people were recorded with the Cleveley surname. That placed it at #17,079 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cleveley surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 179 in 2016. That gives Cleveley a modern rank of #21,086.

What does the Cleveley map show?

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