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UK surname

Cuckson

In the 1881 census there were 252 people recorded with the Cuckson surname, ranking it #11,012 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 309, ranked #14,442, down from #11,012 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Gamston, Gainsborough, Paddocks and Rawmarsh, Wath-on-Dearn (Swinton). In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Rotherham and West Lindsey.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cuckson is 349 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 22.6%.

1881 census count

252

Ranked #11,012

Modern count

309

2016, ranked #14,442

Peak year

1999

349 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cuckson had 252 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #11,012 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 309 in 2016, ranked #14,442.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 348 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Cuckson surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cuckson surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cuckson 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 183 #11,166
1861 historical 188 #12,628
1881 historical 252 #11,012
1891 historical 264 #12,235
1901 historical 316 #11,242
1911 historical 348 #10,297
1997 modern 338 #12,489
1998 modern 344 #12,679
1999 modern 349 #12,638
2000 modern 329 #13,090
2001 modern 321 #13,125
2002 modern 337 #12,965
2003 modern 312 #13,467
2004 modern 306 #13,720
2005 modern 295 #13,972
2006 modern 305 #13,766
2007 modern 307 #13,822
2008 modern 308 #13,882
2009 modern 321 #13,770
2010 modern 335 #13,645
2011 modern 315 #14,131
2012 modern 318 #13,926
2013 modern 325 #13,924
2014 modern 318 #14,246
2015 modern 308 #14,463
2016 modern 309 #14,442

Geography

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Where Cucksons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Gamston, Gainsborough, Paddocks, Rawmarsh, Wath-on-Dearn (Swinton), Sheffield and Worksop. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Rotherham and West Lindsey. 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 Gamston Nottinghamshire
2 Gainsborough, Paddocks Lincolnshire
3 Rawmarsh, Wath-on-Dearn (Swinton) Yorkshire, West Riding
4 Sheffield Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Worksop Nottinghamshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Rotherham 006 Rotherham
2 Rotherham 003 Rotherham
3 West Lindsey 004 West Lindsey
4 Rotherham 008 Rotherham
5 Rotherham 009 Rotherham

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cuckson

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cuckson

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Cuckson, 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 Cuckson surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Small Town Suburbia, within Retired Professionals. This does not mean every Cuckson 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, Cuckson 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

Cuckson is most concentrated in decile 9 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

Cuckson falls in decile 5 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.

5
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Cuckson 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Cuckson families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cuckson 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. Nottinghamshire leads with 100 Cucksons recorded in 1881 and an index of 29.94x.

County Total Index
Nottinghamshire 100 29.94x
Yorkshire 95 3.87x
Lincolnshire 29 7.32x
Lancashire 8 0.27x
Warwickshire 6 0.96x
Middlesex 5 0.20x
Derbyshire 4 1.03x
Merionethshire 2 4.41x
Royal Navy 2 6.78x
Leicestershire 1 0.36x
Staffordshire 1 0.12x
Surrey 1 0.08x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Nether Hallam in Yorkshire leads with 28 Cucksons recorded in 1881 and an index of 84.29x.

Place Total Index
Nether Hallam 28 84.29x
Gainsborough 20 214.13x
Brightside Bierlow 15 31.15x
Gamston 15 7142.86x
Worksop 15 151.52x
Rawmarsh 12 138.41x
Bawtry 11 1428.57x
Nottingham St Mary 11 12.73x
Gringley On Hill 10 1408.45x
Ordsall 9 351.56x
Mattersey 7 2413.79x
Clarborough 6 240.00x
Sheffield 6 7.68x
Treswell 6 3750.00x
Newark Upon Trent 5 41.67x
Birmingham 4 1.92x
Morton In Gainsborough 4 512.82x
Nottingham St Nicholas 4 87.91x
Skircoat 4 41.32x
St Pancras London 4 2.01x
Kirkdale 3 6.07x
Maghull 3 245.90x
Mexborough 3 61.60x
Skegby 3 146.34x
St Swithin Lincoln 3 48.15x
Staveley 3 43.54x
Swinton In Rotherham 3 46.23x
Aston 2 1.16x
Heaton 2 75.76x
Royal Navy 2 7.92x
Southwell 2 82.30x
Tetney 2 294.12x
Towyn 2 70.18x
Wadworth 2 416.67x
Babworth 1 161.29x
Barnby Moor 1 500.00x
Car Colston 1 434.78x
Doncaster 1 5.57x
Ecclesall Bierlow 1 2.00x
Eckington 1 10.62x
Everton 1 1.07x
Holy Trinity 1 1.69x
Holy Trinity St Mary 1 26.74x
Hooton Pagnell 1 400.00x
Horton In Bradford 1 2.61x
Hulme 1 1.63x
Kensington London 1 0.73x
Lambeth 1 0.46x
Long Preston 1 166.67x
Nottingham St Peter 1 26.88x
Rotherham 1 7.23x
Scrooby 1 588.24x
Snenton 1 7.62x
Uttoxeter 1 23.36x
Walkeringham 1 166.67x
Wortley In Wortley 1 103.09x
Wymondham 1 178.57x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Sarah 19
Mary 17
Elizabeth 11
Ann 9
Emma 7
Jane 6
Eliza 5
Caroline 3
Edith 3
Martha 3
Ada 2
Annie 2
Carrie 2
Eliz. 2
Ellen 2
Fanny 2
Hannah 2
Harriet 2
Harriett 2
Lavinia 2
Maria 2
Susan 2
Susanah 2
Betsey 1
Charlotte 1
Clara 1
Elenor 1
Elizth. 1
Emily 1
Ethel 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Francis 1
Gertrude 1
Kate 1
Lilian 1
Lilly 1
Louisa 1
Lucy 1
Mabel 1
Margaret 1
May 1
Minnie 1
Rebecca 1
Rose 1
S.E. 1
Shedey 1
Sophia 1
Strella 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 20
John 13
George 10
Thomas 9
Henry 7
James 7
Samuel 7
Arthur 4
Joseph 4
Walter 3
Edwin 2
Fred 2
Geo. 2
Harry 2
Sam 2
Tom 2
Alfred 1
Benjamin 1
Benm. 1
Chas.R. 1
Dennis 1
Edmund 1
Edward 1
F.J. 1
Frank 1
Frederick 1
Fredk.C. 1
Geo.W. 1
Jno.E. 1
Meredith 1
Robert 1
Thos. 1
Willm. 1

FAQ

Cuckson surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cuckson surname in 1881?

In 1881, 252 people were recorded with the Cuckson surname. That placed it at #11,012 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cuckson surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 309 in 2016. That gives Cuckson a modern rank of #14,442.

What does the Cuckson map show?

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