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UK surname

Crapper

In the 1881 census there were 667 people recorded with the Crapper surname, ranking it #5,405 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 467, ranked #10,522, down from #5,405 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Ecclesfield, Oxford City: St Giles and Halifax. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Sheffield.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Crapper is 945 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 30.0%.

1881 census count

667

Ranked #5,405

Modern count

467

2016, ranked #10,522

Peak year

1911

945 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Crapper had 667 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #5,405 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 467 in 2016, ranked #10,522.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 945 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Young Families in Industrial Towns.

Crapper surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Crapper surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Crapper 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 442 #5,570
1861 historical 487 #5,363
1881 historical 667 #5,405
1891 historical 775 #5,176
1901 historical 876 #5,239
1911 historical 945 #4,762
1997 modern 591 #8,235
1998 modern 613 #8,263
1999 modern 616 #8,299
2000 modern 610 #8,339
2001 modern 579 #8,495
2002 modern 561 #8,845
2003 modern 534 #9,035
2004 modern 545 #8,919
2005 modern 522 #9,159
2006 modern 520 #9,208
2007 modern 512 #9,412
2008 modern 506 #9,548
2009 modern 497 #9,911
2010 modern 512 #9,870
2011 modern 512 #9,777
2012 modern 491 #10,013
2013 modern 488 #10,211
2014 modern 490 #10,233
2015 modern 487 #10,202
2016 modern 467 #10,522

Geography

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Where Crappers are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Ecclesfield, Oxford City: St Giles, Halifax, London parishes and Sheffield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Sheffield. 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 Ecclesfield Yorkshire, West Riding
2 Oxford City: St Giles Oxfordshire
3 Halifax Yorkshire, West Riding
4 London parishes London 3
5 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Sheffield 009 Sheffield
2 Sheffield 021 Sheffield
3 Sheffield 017 Sheffield
4 Sheffield 016 Sheffield
5 Sheffield 012 Sheffield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Crapper

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Crapper

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Crapper, 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 Crapper surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Young Families in Industrial Towns, within Semi- and Un-Skilled Workforce. This does not mean every Crapper 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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Crapper 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

Crapper is most concentrated in decile 7 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

Crapper falls in decile 1 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 Crapper 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Crapper families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Crapper 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. Yorkshire leads with 449 Crappers recorded in 1881 and an index of 6.96x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 449 6.96x
Oxfordshire 66 16.43x
Lancashire 54 0.70x
Middlesex 27 0.41x
Surrey 24 0.76x
Staffordshire 14 0.64x
Glamorgan 11 0.97x
Devon 7 0.52x
Derbyshire 4 0.39x
Westmorland 4 2.80x
Essex 2 0.16x
Cambridgeshire 1 0.24x
Durham 1 0.05x
Hampshire 1 0.08x
Nottinghamshire 1 0.11x
Warwickshire 1 0.06x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bradfield in Yorkshire leads with 118 Crappers recorded in 1881 and an index of 474.66x.

Place Total Index
Bradfield 118 474.66x
Halifax 59 62.33x
Nether Hallam 49 56.17x
Ecclesall Bierlow 38 28.98x
Oxford St Giles 31 161.71x
Ecclesfield 24 50.77x
Sheffield 23 11.20x
Brightside Bierlow 19 15.02x
Pendleton In Salford 13 14.13x
Aston Cum Aughton 12 227.70x
St Pancras London 12 2.29x
Bradford 11 7.05x
Rawmarsh 11 48.29x
Swansea Town 11 11.84x
Northowram 10 22.12x
Walsall Foreign 10 8.81x
Walton On Hill 10 23.91x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 9 14.98x
Camberwell 9 2.17x
Acton 7 18.35x
Plymouth Charles The 7 11.73x
Southowram 7 35.57x
Chelsea London 6 3.06x
Newington 6 2.50x
Rotherham 6 16.51x
Sculcoates 6 5.87x
Shelf 6 97.40x
Upper Hallam 6 107.14x
Bury 5 5.67x
Handsworth 5 29.34x
Lambeth 5 0.88x
Manningham 5 6.29x
Oxford St Aldate 5 118.20x
Oxford St Clement 5 49.31x
Oxford St Martin 5 757.58x
Aughton 4 52.29x
Battersea 4 1.67x
Burford 4 114.61x
Castleford 4 17.04x
Glossop Dale 4 8.39x
Newchurch 4 6.33x
Oxford St Mary Magdalen 4 84.03x
Oxspring 4 512.82x
Spotland 4 4.66x
Stoke Upon Trent 4 1.72x
Strickland Kettle 4 291.97x
Wardleworth 4 9.07x
Bradford Girlington 3 104.17x
Horton In Bradford 3 2.98x
Kidlington 3 96.46x
Oxford St Ebbe 3 25.36x
Worsbrough 3 15.88x
Yarnton 3 483.87x
Blackburn 2 0.97x
Broughton In Salford 2 2.83x
Holy Trinity 2 1.29x
Leeds 2 0.55x
Oxford St Peter In East 2 129.03x
Skircoat 2 7.86x
West Ham 2 0.71x
Birtle Cum Bamford 1 19.84x
Castleton 1 1.30x
Christchurch 1 3.46x
Cowley 1 7.97x
Eston 1 7.12x
Hallam 1 153.85x
Kensington London 1 0.28x
Kirkdale 1 0.77x
Leamington 1 9.20x
Lower Booths 1 7.23x
Mile End Old Town London 1 0.72x
Ovenden 1 3.48x
St Marythe Less 1 39.84x
Stranton 1 1.53x
Toxteth Park 1 0.38x
Wuerdle Wardle 1 4.27x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 42
Sarah 25
Ann 18
Annie 16
Elizabeth 16
Emma 12
Martha 11
Alice 8
Clara 8
Edith 8
Emily 8
Jane 8
Ada 7
Ellen 7
Rose 6
Eliza 5
Hannah 5
Harriet 5
Lucy 5
Maria 5
Anne 4
Florence 4
Julia 4
Margaret 4
Susannah 4
Caroline 3
Catherine 3
Ethel 3
Lavinia 3
Minnie 3
Ruth 3
Winifred 3
Agnes 2
Elizebeth 2
Fanny 2
Frances 2
Kate 2
Matilda 2
Maud 2
Selina 2
Susan 2
Angusta 1
Betty 1
Eleanor 1
Eliz. 1
Elliza 1
Elsie 1
Harriett 1
Henrietta 1
Hilda 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
George 29
John 27
William 20
Henry 19
Charles 16
James 15
Joseph 13
Thomas 11
Albert 9
Ellis 9
Alfred 8
Frederick 7
Benjamin 6
Frank 6
Ernest 5
Fred 5
Elias 4
Harold 4
Harry 4
Samuel 4
Walter 4
Geo. 3
Herbert 3
Jonathan 3
Luther 3
Wm. 3
Arthur 2
David 2
Edgar 2
Edward 2
Edwin 2
Elliss 2
Francis 2
Hen. 2
Hugh 2
Joshua 2
Leonard 2
Sugden 2
Ben 1
Chas. 1
Ebenezer 1
Emily 1
Evan 1
Farewell 1
Farswell 1
Hedley 1
J. 1
Jas. 1
Jehu 1
Wm.Henry 1

FAQ

Crapper surname: questions and answers

How common was the Crapper surname in 1881?

In 1881, 667 people were recorded with the Crapper surname. That placed it at #5,405 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Crapper surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 467 in 2016. That gives Crapper a modern rank of #10,522.

What does the Crapper map show?

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