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UK surname

Clewes

In the 1881 census there were 436 people recorded with the Clewes surname, ranking it #7,485 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 874, ranked #6,431, up from #7,485 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Wolstanton, St Werburgh and Oldswinford. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Newcastle-under-Lyme, Shropshire and Dudley.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Clewes is 917 in 2010. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 100.5%.

1881 census count

436

Ranked #7,485

Modern count

874

2016, ranked #6,431

Peak year

2010

917 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Clewes had 436 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #7,485 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 874 in 2016, ranked #6,431.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 657 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Clewes surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Clewes surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Clewes 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 282 #8,013
1861 historical 246 #10,010
1881 historical 436 #7,485
1891 historical 398 #8,910
1901 historical 556 #7,474
1911 historical 657 #6,393
1997 modern 760 #6,812
1998 modern 905 #6,135
1999 modern 912 #6,140
2000 modern 893 #6,212
2001 modern 883 #6,160
2002 modern 905 #6,170
2003 modern 888 #6,150
2004 modern 894 #6,123
2005 modern 866 #6,215
2006 modern 871 #6,204
2007 modern 894 #6,122
2008 modern 891 #6,172
2009 modern 912 #6,194
2010 modern 917 #6,297
2011 modern 910 #6,273
2012 modern 892 #6,285
2013 modern 890 #6,391
2014 modern 881 #6,477
2015 modern 874 #6,457
2016 modern 874 #6,431

Geography

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Where Clewes' are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Wolstanton, St Werburgh, Oldswinford, Leigh and Market Drayton or Drayton-in-Hales. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Newcastle-under-Lyme, Shropshire, Dudley and County Durham. 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 Wolstanton Staffordshire
2 St Werburgh Derbyshire
3 Oldswinford Worcestershire
4 Leigh Lancashire
5 Market Drayton or Drayton-in-Hales Shropshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Newcastle-under-Lyme 007 Newcastle-under-Lyme
2 Shropshire 005 Shropshire
3 Dudley 035 Dudley
4 Shropshire 001 Shropshire
5 County Durham 044 County Durham

Forenames

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First names often paired with Clewes

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Clewes

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

Young Families in Industrial Towns

Nationally, the Clewes surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Clewes 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 neighbourhoods house predominantly young, UK-born individuals identifying with a White ethnic group with dependent children. Long-term disability and unpaid care are prevalent, and religious affiliations are uncommon. Housing is terraced or semi-detached and social rented sector housing is the norm. Unemployment is above the Supergroup average, and employment is principally in elementary occupations, as process plant and machine operatives, or in caring and leisure services. Educational attainment is low. The group is scattered throughout former industrial towns in the Midlands and the South Wales Valleys.

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, Clewes 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

Clewes 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

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

1881 census detail

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Clewes families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Clewes 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. Staffordshire leads with 155 Clewes' recorded in 1881 and an index of 10.80x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 155 10.80x
Lancashire 56 1.11x
Warwickshire 45 4.20x
Cheshire 44 4.69x
Shropshire 29 7.89x
Derbyshire 22 3.30x
Worcestershire 22 3.96x
Yorkshire 17 0.40x
Leicestershire 10 2.12x
Middlesex 10 0.24x
Durham 8 0.63x
Nottinghamshire 5 0.87x
Glamorgan 3 0.41x
Kent 3 0.21x
Surrey 3 0.14x
Berkshire 2 0.63x
Devon 1 0.11x
Sussex 1 0.14x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Stoke Upon Trent in Staffordshire leads with 39 Clewes' recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.62x.

Place Total Index
Stoke Upon Trent 39 25.62x
Horton 22 1250.00x
Drayton In Hales 19 250.99x
Norton In Moors 19 250.00x
Aston 14 4.74x
Lye 13 140.69x
Tipton 13 29.57x
Atherton 12 65.32x
Nuneaton 11 88.50x
Buerton In Nantwich 9 1304.35x
Coventry St Michael 9 26.12x
Great Bolton 9 13.47x
Audley 8 56.34x
Burslem 8 19.46x
Little Bolton 8 12.33x
Monks Coppenhall 8 22.58x
Spondon 8 312.50x
Pontefract 7 77.09x
Rudyard 7 7000.00x
Ashton Under Lyne 6 5.44x
Castle Church 6 69.52x
Chellaston 6 833.33x
Kensington London 6 2.54x
Leicester St Margaret 6 5.22x
Moss Side 6 22.59x
Stoke Upon Tern 6 441.18x
Caverswall 5 67.02x
Halliwell 5 27.22x
Odd Rode 5 107.53x
Smallthorne 5 93.81x
Stafford St Mary 5 24.61x
Wolstanton Oldcott 5 96.15x
Birmingham 4 1.12x
Keighley 4 8.90x
Stockport 4 8.28x
Barnton 3 133.93x
Briton Ferry 3 33.94x
Dorking 3 21.57x
Greasley 3 23.20x
Hedworth Monkton Jarrow 3 5.47x
Heworth 3 12.03x
Kidderminster Borough 3 9.23x
Leicester St Mary 3 7.87x
Nantwich 3 27.50x
Newcastle Under Lyme 3 11.81x
Stansfield 3 19.34x
West Derby 3 2.03x
Anderton 2 400.00x
Ardwick 2 4.39x
Beverley St Mary 2 32.47x
Church Gresley 2 18.89x
Dudley 2 2.96x
Foleshill 2 17.73x
Hallow 2 73.53x
Honiley 2 2500.00x
Lapal 2 392.16x
Leek Lowe 2 10.47x
Newbold Astbury 2 178.57x
Oldham 2 1.23x
Pangbourn 2 185.19x
Rowley Regis 2 5.00x
Shoreditch London 2 1.08x
Siddington 2 338.98x
St Marylebone London 2 0.88x
Sutton In Ashfield 2 16.08x
Walsall Foreign 2 2.70x
Wavertree 2 12.38x
Wilne 2 131.58x
Wolstanton 2 4.59x
Birkenhead 1 1.34x
Church Minshull 1 181.82x
Derby St Werburgh 1 2.60x
Haworth 1 9.98x
Hove 1 3.18x
Ightfield 1 200.00x
Ilkeston 1 5.36x
Tormoham 1 2.67x
Welford 1 99.01x
Wigan 1 1.42x
Wrockwardine 1 12.38x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 37
Sarah 23
Elizabeth 19
Hannah 12
Jane 12
Martha 11
Alice 10
Annie 8
Ellen 8
Charlotte 5
Emma 5
Fanny 4
Harriet 4
Louisa 4
Ann 3
Eliza 3
Emily 3
Ada 2
Anne 2
Catherine 2
Clara 2
Isabella 2
Margaret 2
Maria 2
Rachel 2
Amy 1
Anna 1
Batrice 1
Cecilia 1
Diana 1
Edna 1
Eleanor 1
Elsie 1
Esther 1
Francis 1
Grace 1
Hariote 1
Harriott 1
Joanna 1
Katie 1
Laura 1
Lebra 1
Lucy 1
Matilda 1
May 1
Olive 1
Priscilla 1
Rosa 1
Saria 1
Selena 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 28
John 22
Thomas 21
George 20
James 12
Samuel 12
Charles 10
Joseph 10
Henry 6
Alfred 5
Arthur 5
Daniel 4
Robert 4
Benjamin 3
Edwin 3
Frank 3
Albert 2
Edward 2
Ernest 2
Harry 2
Jos. 2
Moses 2
Peter 2
Richard 2
David 1
Enoch 1
Francies 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Fredk. 1
Herbert 1
Hiram 1
Horatio 1
J.T.G. 1
Jesse 1
Joshua 1
Josiah 1
Levi 1
Louis 1
Martin 1
Priscilla 1
Ralph 1
Reverdy 1
Rupert 1
Saml. 1
Sampson 1
Sarah 1
Susannah 1
T.P. 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Clewes surname: questions and answers

How common was the Clewes surname in 1881?

In 1881, 436 people were recorded with the Clewes surname. That placed it at #7,485 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Clewes surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 874 in 2016. That gives Clewes a modern rank of #6,431.

What does the Clewes map show?

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