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UK surname

Cullington

In the 1881 census there were 165 people recorded with the Cullington surname, ranking it #14,559 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 186, ranked #20,575, down from #14,559 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Clee, West Derby and St Paul, St Saviour, St Edmund, St Simon and Jude, St Peter Hungate, St Michael at Plea, St Martin a. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Mansfield, Portsmouth and South Kesteven.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cullington is 250 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 12.7%.

1881 census count

165

Ranked #14,559

Modern count

186

2016, ranked #20,575

Peak year

1901

250 bearers

Map years

8

1861 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cullington had 165 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #14,559 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 186 in 2016, ranked #20,575.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 250 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities.

Cullington surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cullington surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cullington 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 88 #18,569
1861 historical 112 #19,279
1881 historical 165 #14,559
1891 historical 176 #16,404
1901 historical 250 #13,136
1911 historical 248 #12,988
1997 modern 209 #17,157
1998 modern 207 #17,749
1999 modern 204 #18,021
2000 modern 207 #17,833
2001 modern 205 #17,683
2002 modern 203 #18,115
2003 modern 200 #18,139
2004 modern 191 #18,723
2005 modern 189 #18,807
2006 modern 186 #19,140
2007 modern 182 #19,618
2008 modern 188 #19,387
2009 modern 189 #19,727
2010 modern 208 #18,956
2011 modern 204 #19,040
2012 modern 187 #20,086
2013 modern 187 #20,436
2014 modern 196 #19,961
2015 modern 188 #20,417
2016 modern 186 #20,575

Geography

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Where Cullingtons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Clee, West Derby, St Paul, St Saviour, St Edmund, St Simon and Jude, St Peter Hungate, St Michael at Plea, St Martin a, Bradford and Wrabness. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Mansfield, Portsmouth, South Kesteven and Broadland. 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 Clee Lincolnshire
2 West Derby Lancashire
3 St Paul, St Saviour, St Edmund, St Simon and Jude, St Peter Hungate, St Michael at Plea, St Martin a Norfolk
4 Bradford Yorkshire, West Riding
5 Wrabness Essex

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Mansfield 002 Mansfield
2 Portsmouth 012 Portsmouth
3 South Kesteven 005 South Kesteven
4 Broadland 005 Broadland
5 Broadland 006 Broadland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cullington

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cullington

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

Baseline UK

Group

Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities

Nationally, the Cullington surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Legacy Industrial and Coastal Communities, within Baseline UK. This does not mean every Cullington household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Single-person households are common in these neighbourhoods, and these residents are typically divorced rather than never married. A high proportion of residents were born outside the UK in the EU. There are many young adults, some with young children, but relatively few residents are of normal retirement age or over. Although levels of identification with ethnic minorities are in line with the Supergroup average, individuals identifying with Mixed or Multiple ethnicities is more common than average. High long-term disability rates are observed, and unpaid care is more common than in the rest of the Group. The predominant housing types are terraced houses and flats, which are typically part of the social rented sector. This Group is commonly found in coastal areas and (present-day or former) industrial towns and cities.

Wider pattern

This Supergroup exemplifies the broad base to the UK’s social structure, encompassing as it does the average or modal levels of many neighbourhood characteristics, including all housing tenures, a range of levels of educational attainment and religious affiliations, and a variety of pre-retirement age structures. Yet, in combination, these mixes are each distinctive of the parts of the UK. Overall, terraced houses and flats are the most prevalent, as is employment in intermediate or low-skilled occupations. However, this Supergroup is also characterised by above average levels of unemployment and lower levels of use of English as the main language. Many neighbourhoods occur in south London and the UK’s other major urban centres.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Established Homeowners with Children

Within London, Cullington is most associated with areas classed as Established Homeowners with Children, 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 predominantly British-born residents are typically married/in civil partnerships and own the properties in which they are raising their children. Parents are typically over 45, and many other residents are beyond normal retirement age. Detached and semi-detached houses predominate and multiple car ownership is common.

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

Cullington is most concentrated in decile 8 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.

8
Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Cullington falls in decile 8 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

8
More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Cullington is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of Over 70 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 Cullington, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cullington families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cullington 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. Norfolk leads with 71 Cullingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 28.69x.

County Total Index
Norfolk 71 28.69x
Suffolk 23 11.73x
Lancashire 19 0.99x
Essex 17 5.35x
Middlesex 14 0.87x
Yorkshire 7 0.44x
Durham 4 0.84x
Lincolnshire 3 1.17x
Surrey 3 0.38x
Cambridgeshire 2 1.96x
Kent 2 0.36x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Heigham in Norfolk leads with 34 Cullingtons recorded in 1881 and an index of 256.02x.

Place Total Index
Heigham 34 256.02x
Norwich St Paul 12 810.81x
Ipswich St Peter 9 340.91x
West Derby 9 16.11x
Norwich St Peter 7 432.10x
Everton 6 9.86x
Holy Trinity 6 15.64x
West Ham 6 8.55x
Bethnal Green London 5 7.15x
Gorleston 5 100.40x
Ipswich St Mary Stoke 5 274.73x
Mistley 5 588.24x
Welborne 5 4545.45x
Gateshead 4 11.16x
Norwich St Clement 4 139.37x
Clee With Weelsby 3 53.29x
Great Crosby 3 57.58x
Lambeth 3 2.14x
Mile End Old Town London 3 8.76x
Wrabness 3 2307.69x
Ashwellthorpe 2 1000.00x
Clerkenwell London 2 5.26x
Greenwich 2 7.81x
Halesworth 2 143.88x
Norwich St Augustine 2 200.00x
Norwich St James 2 103.09x
Shoreditch London 2 2.87x
St George Hanover Square 2 7.05x
St Giles Cambridge 2 151.52x
Ufford 2 666.67x
Aldborough In Great 1 357.14x
Allerton 1 217.39x
Great Oakley 1 196.08x
Kirby Le Soken 1 217.39x
Lakenham 1 28.41x
Norwich St John 1 454.55x
Norwich St Stephen 1 44.05x
Wix 1 294.12x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 8
Sarah 8
Eliza 7
Elizabeth 6
Alice 5
Ann 3
Ellen 3
Emily 3
Maria 3
Catherine 2
Charlotte 2
Edith 2
Emma 2
Frances 2
Grace 2
Helen 2
Kate 2
Laura 2
Ada 1
Annie 1
Beatrice 1
Blanch 1
Bridget 1
Clare 1
Ethel 1
Florence 1
Hannah 1
Harriet 1
Harriett 1
Honnor 1
Jane 1
Julia 1
Kitty 1
Laina 1
Leah 1
Louisa 1
Lucy 1
Lydia 1
Maggie 1
Margaret 1
Mariam 1
Martha 1
Matilda 1
Matilder 1
Maud 1
Rhoda 1
Rosina 1
Sophia 1
Susanna 1
Susannah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
James 7
William 7
George 5
Robert 5
Henry 4
John 4
Charles 3
Frederick 3
Herbert 3
Alfred 2
Ephriam 2
Richard 2
Abraham 1
Albert 1
Anthony 1
Arthur 1
Benjermin 1
Christopher 1
Danial 1
Ernest 1
Frederic 1
Harry 1
Joseph 1
Joshua 1
Mark 1
Robt. 1
Stephen 1
Sydney 1
Thomas 1
Walter 1
Willm. 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Cullington surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cullington surname in 1881?

In 1881, 165 people were recorded with the Cullington surname. That placed it at #14,559 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cullington surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 186 in 2016. That gives Cullington a modern rank of #20,575.

What does the Cullington map show?

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