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UK surname

Cufflin

In the 1881 census there were 142 people recorded with the Cufflin surname, ranking it #16,012 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 160, ranked #22,694, down from #16,012 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Anstey Pastures, Beaumont Leys, Shermans Grounds, Gilroe, Leicester Abbey, Thurcaston and Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Leicester, Blaby and North West Leicestershire.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cufflin is 185 in 1911. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 12.7%.

1881 census count

142

Ranked #16,012

Modern count

160

2016, ranked #22,694

Peak year

1911

185 bearers

Map years

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1881 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cufflin had 142 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #16,012 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 160 in 2016, ranked #22,694.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 185 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Suburban Professionals.

Cufflin surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cufflin surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cufflin 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 68 #21,302
1861 historical 82 #23,321
1881 historical 142 #16,012
1891 historical 133 #19,870
1901 historical 173 #16,579
1911 historical 185 #15,686
1997 modern 152 #20,948
1998 modern 158 #20,992
1999 modern 148 #22,020
2000 modern 149 #21,874
2001 modern 150 #21,482
2002 modern 142 #22,687
2003 modern 147 #21,977
2004 modern 147 #22,094
2005 modern 146 #22,146
2006 modern 139 #23,044
2007 modern 140 #23,231
2008 modern 141 #23,383
2009 modern 138 #24,276
2010 modern 147 #23,809
2011 modern 142 #24,182
2012 modern 152 #23,069
2013 modern 153 #23,314
2014 modern 154 #23,439
2015 modern 161 #22,599
2016 modern 160 #22,694

Geography

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Where Cufflins are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Anstey Pastures, Beaumont Leys, Shermans Grounds, Gilroe, Leicester Abbey, Thurcaston, Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars, St Mary Islington and Ratby. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Leicester, Blaby, North West Leicestershire and Erewash. 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 Anstey Pastures, Beaumont Leys, Shermans Grounds, Gilroe, Leicester Abbey Leicestershire
2 Thurcaston Leicestershire
3 Leicester St Margaret and Bishop's Fee, Leicester All Saints, Blackfriars Leicestershire
4 St Mary Islington London (North Districts)
5 Ratby Leicestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Leicester 030 Leicester
2 Blaby 006 Blaby
3 North West Leicestershire 011 North West Leicestershire
4 Erewash 003 Erewash
5 Leicester 003 Leicester

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cufflin

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cufflin

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

Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals

Group

Suburban Professionals

Nationally, the Cufflin surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Suburban Professionals, within Ethnically Diverse Suburban Professionals. This does not mean every Cufflin household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Employment in this Group is typically in managerial and professional occupations, and education to degree level is common. Residents are typically of working age, many of whom identify with an Indian ethnicity. Households are unlikely to be of Mixed or Multiple ethnicities, and English is not the main language used in some households. This Group is found on the outskirts of most conurbations as well as in the suburbs of some free-standing towns.

Wider pattern

Those working within the managerial, professional and administrative occupations typically reflect a wide range of ethnic groups, and reside in detached or semi-detached housing. Their residential locations at the edges of cities and conurbations and car-based lifestyles are more characteristic of Supergroup membership than birthplace or participation in child-rearing. Houses are typically owner-occupied and marriage rates are lower than the national average. This Supergroup is found throughout suburban UK.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Cufflin is most associated with areas classed as Inner London Working Professionals, 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

These primarily Inner London neighbourhoods are more densely populated than the Supergroup average. Residents have a younger over-all age profile than the Supergroup as a whole, and are less likely to be owner occupiers. Full time employment is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup and multiple car ownership is uncommon. Chinese and non-EU-born European migrants are less in evidence than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Cufflin 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

Cufflin falls in decile 7 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 Cufflin 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Cufflin families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cufflin 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. Leicestershire leads with 114 Cufflins recorded in 1881 and an index of 74.75x.

County Total Index
Leicestershire 114 74.75x
Middlesex 12 0.87x
Yorkshire 7 0.51x
Nottinghamshire 4 2.16x
Gloucestershire 2 0.74x
Kent 2 0.43x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Anstey in Leicestershire leads with 36 Cufflins recorded in 1881 and an index of 6000.00x.

Place Total Index
Anstey 36 6000.00x
Leicester St Margaret 35 94.11x
Leicester Newarke 12 1500.00x
Heeley 7 169.08x
Islington London 6 4.50x
Belton 5 2631.58x
Earl Shilton 5 1515.15x
Leicester St Leonard 5 347.22x
Ratby 4 526.32x
St Pancras London 4 3.61x
Kirby Muxloe 3 1666.67x
Mansfield 3 46.73x
Leicester St Martin 2 196.08x
Leicester St Mary 2 16.23x
Wigston Magna 2 99.01x
Belgrave 1 29.07x
Billesdon 1 250.00x
Cheltenham 1 4.81x
Deptford St Paul 1 2.76x
Horsemonden 1 144.93x
Mile End Old Town London 1 3.42x
Nottingham St Mary 1 2.09x
Prestbury 1 149.25x
Rothley 1 200.00x
St Marylebone London 1 1.36x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 9
Sarah 9
Alice 6
Ann 6
Elizabeth 6
Hannah 4
Eliza 3
Emma 3
Florence 3
Ada 2
Clara 2
Harriett 2
Louisa 2
Martha 2
Selina 2
Adelaide 1
Angelina 1
Catherine 1
Christiana 1
Edith 1
Elizth.Annie 1
Fanny 1
Flora 1
Frances 1
Francis 1
Helen 1
Jane 1
Lousa 1
Lucy 1
Margaret 1
Minnie 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 11
John 10
Arthur 6
George 5
Richard 5
Edward 3
James 3
Samuel 3
Alfred 2
Charles 2
Joseph 2
Thomas 2
Albert 1
Bradshaw 1
Cape 1
Edmond 1
Francis 1
Lindley 1
Robert 1
Tom 1
Walter 1
Windsor 1

FAQ

Cufflin surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cufflin surname in 1881?

In 1881, 142 people were recorded with the Cufflin surname. That placed it at #16,012 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cufflin surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 160 in 2016. That gives Cufflin a modern rank of #22,694.

What does the Cufflin map show?

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