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UK surname

Clewlow

In the 1881 census there were 320 people recorded with the Clewlow surname, ranking it #9,298 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 618, ranked #8,511, up from #9,298 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Trentham, Wolstanton and Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Clewlow is 645 in 2003. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 93.1%.

1881 census count

320

Ranked #9,298

Modern count

618

2016, ranked #8,511

Peak year

2003

645 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Clewlow had 320 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,298 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 618 in 2016, ranked #8,511.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 555 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Clewlow surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Clewlow surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Clewlow 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 231 #9,334
1861 historical 219 #11,124
1881 historical 320 #9,298
1891 historical 381 #9,213
1901 historical 468 #8,458
1911 historical 555 #7,231
1997 modern 424 #10,531
1998 modern 635 #8,050
1999 modern 629 #8,168
2000 modern 642 #8,012
2001 modern 632 #7,946
2002 modern 638 #8,074
2003 modern 645 #7,868
2004 modern 637 #7,953
2005 modern 604 #8,238
2006 modern 608 #8,206
2007 modern 610 #8,242
2008 modern 609 #8,309
2009 modern 625 #8,328
2010 modern 636 #8,388
2011 modern 641 #8,241
2012 modern 621 #8,359
2013 modern 632 #8,391
2014 modern 638 #8,380
2015 modern 628 #8,417
2016 modern 618 #8,511

Geography

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Where Clewlows are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Trentham, Wolstanton, Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington, Burslem and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford and Staffordshire Moorlands. 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 Trentham Staffordshire
2 Wolstanton Staffordshire
3 Stafford St Mary and St Chad, Tillington Staffordshire
4 Burslem Staffordshire
5 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Stoke-on-Trent 019 Stoke-on-Trent
2 Stoke-on-Trent 034 Stoke-on-Trent
3 Stafford 003 Stafford
4 Staffordshire Moorlands 005 Staffordshire Moorlands
5 Stoke-on-Trent 028 Stoke-on-Trent

Forenames

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First names often paired with Clewlow

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Clewlow

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

Small Town Suburbia

Nationally, the Clewlow surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Clewlow 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 is predominantly comprised of married couples with no resident dependent children, living in areas characterised neither by under-occupancy nor overcrowding throughout the UK in or adjacent to small towns. White ethnic groups and affiliation with Christianity predominates. Housing tends to be predominantly semi-detached or detached and workers are employed principally in managerial and professional occupations, with semi-skilled occupations also in evidence. These areas of the Supergroup are of higher population density.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Clewlow is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. 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 located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Clewlow is most concentrated in decile 6 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

Clewlow falls in decile 4 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 Clewlow is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 50-60 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 Clewlow, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Clewlow families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Clewlow 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 269 Clewlows recorded in 1881 and an index of 26.18x.

County Total Index
Staffordshire 269 26.18x
Leicestershire 10 2.96x
Warwickshire 9 1.17x
Kent 7 0.67x
Lancashire 6 0.17x
Derbyshire 5 1.05x
Cheshire 3 0.45x
Dorset 1 0.50x
Middlesex 1 0.03x
Worcestershire 1 0.25x

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 97 Clewlows recorded in 1881 and an index of 89.04x.

Place Total Index
Stoke Upon Trent 97 89.04x
Stafford St Mary 60 412.65x
Newcastle Under Lyme 28 154.02x
Trentham 21 240.27x
Burslem 13 44.17x
Castle Church 13 210.70x
Leicester St Margaret 10 12.15x
Bromley 7 44.22x
Ardwick 6 18.42x
Newbold Upon Avon 6 821.92x
Norton In Moors 6 110.29x
Ashborne 4 123.46x
Burntwood Edial 4 60.98x
Wolstanton 4 12.82x
Acton Trussell 3 526.32x
Birmingham 3 1.17x
Bushbury 3 162.16x
Barlaston 2 232.56x
Harborne 2 6.07x
Nantwich 2 25.61x
Ranton 2 689.66x
Stone 2 15.22x
Walsall Foreign 2 3.77x
Whitmore 2 740.74x
Caverswall 1 18.73x
Cheadle 1 20.28x
Fairfield 1 31.35x
Hopton Coton 1 68.97x
Islington London 1 0.34x
Portland 1 9.31x
Stockport 1 2.89x
Swynnerton 1 123.46x
Whittington 1 47.62x
Worcester St Nicholas 1 53.19x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 22
Sarah 12
Ann 9
Eliza 9
Elizabeth 7
Harriet 7
Alice 6
Annie 5
Emily 5
Martha 5
Emma 4
Jane 4
Lucy 4
Ellen 3
Fanny 3
Florence 3
Frances 3
Hannah 3
Caroline 2
Clara 2
Georgiana 2
Gertrude 2
Rachel 2
Anne 1
Appollonia 1
Aurelia 1
Betsy 1
Christina 1
Cora 1
Edith 1
Eleanor 1
Ethell 1
Francis 1
Henrietta 1
Isabella 1
Julia 1
Kate 1
Laura 1
Lilly 1
Lizzie 1
Louisa 1
Maria 1
Matilda 1
Minnie 1
Nellie 1
Priscilla 1
Priscillia 1
Prissilla 1
Prudence 1
Rosa 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 23
George 18
John 18
Thomas 13
Joseph 11
Henry 9
Charles 8
Samuel 6
Edward 5
Frederick 5
Herbert 5
Frank 3
Albert 2
Alfred 2
Arthur 2
Harry 2
James 2
Job 2
Leonard 2
Richard 2
Bertie 1
David 1
Earnest 1
Elijah 1
Ernest 1
Francis 1
Frederic 1
Fredk. 1
Henery 1
Howard 1
Lawrence 1
Sam 1
Thos. 1
Timothy 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Clewlow surname: questions and answers

How common was the Clewlow surname in 1881?

In 1881, 320 people were recorded with the Clewlow surname. That placed it at #9,298 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Clewlow surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 618 in 2016. That gives Clewlow a modern rank of #8,511.

What does the Clewlow map show?

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