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UK surname

Cundell

In the 1881 census there were 260 people recorded with the Cundell surname, ranking it #10,781 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 149, ranked #23,844, down from #10,781 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Edinburgh, Manchester and Rampton. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include South Cambridgeshire, Cambridge and Croydon.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Cundell is 269 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 42.7%.

1881 census count

260

Ranked #10,781

Modern count

149

2016, ranked #23,844

Peak year

1901

269 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Cundell had 260 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,781 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 149 in 2016, ranked #23,844.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 269 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Cundell surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Cundell surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Cundell 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 166 #11,986
1861 historical 129 #17,271
1881 historical 260 #10,781
1891 historical 268 #12,087
1901 historical 269 #12,518
1911 historical 269 #12,300
1997 modern 159 #20,339
1998 modern 163 #20,582
1999 modern 161 #20,868
2000 modern 157 #21,146
2001 modern 147 #21,756
2002 modern 151 #21,809
2003 modern 158 #20,952
2004 modern 147 #22,094
2005 modern 150 #21,786
2006 modern 147 #22,221
2007 modern 142 #23,025
2008 modern 140 #23,511
2009 modern 140 #24,033
2010 modern 147 #23,809
2011 modern 143 #24,056
2012 modern 145 #23,780
2013 modern 146 #24,107
2014 modern 152 #23,631
2015 modern 147 #24,036
2016 modern 149 #23,844

Geography

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Where Cundells are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Edinburgh, Manchester, Rampton, Cottenham and Rotherham. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to South Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Croydon and Huntingdonshire. 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 Edinburgh Edinburgh
2 Manchester Lancashire
3 Rampton Cambridgeshire
4 Cottenham Cambridgeshire
5 Rotherham Yorkshire, West Riding

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 South Cambridgeshire 011 South Cambridgeshire
2 Cambridge 002 Cambridge
3 Croydon 040 Croydon
4 Huntingdonshire 011 Huntingdonshire
5 South Cambridgeshire 002 South Cambridgeshire

Forenames

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First names often paired with Cundell

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Cundell

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

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Cundell surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Cundell 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 comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins

Within London, Cundell is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector and Diverse Origins, part of Young Families and Mainstream Employment. 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

Scattered across London’s Inner and Outer suburbs, residents of these neighbourhoods are typically housed in the social rented sector. Although terraced and semi-detached houses predominate, more residents live in flats than elsewhere in the Supergroup. Neighbourhoods are more ethnically diverse than the Supergroup average. Those identifying as of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and some Black ethnicities are more prevalent. Europeans born in a overseas non-EU countries make up more of the lower proportion of residents identifying as White. Few residents are very old (85+). Employment in distribution, hotels and restaurants is more common than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

Wider London pattern

Many families in these neighbourhoods have young children. Housing is principally in the social rented sector, in terraced or semi-detached units. While over-all residential densities are low, overcrowding is also prevalent locally. Residents are drawn from a range of ethnic minorities, with many identifying as Black and above average numbers born in Africa. Numbers identifying as of Chinese, Indian or White ethnicity are below average. Levels of proficiency in English are below average. Levels of separation or divorce and incidence of disability are both above average. Education is typically limited to Level 1, 2, or apprenticeship qualifications. Few residents work in professional or managerial occupations but the employment structure is otherwise diverse: it includes skilled trades, caring, leisure and other service occupations, sales and customer service occupations, construction, and work as process, plant, and machine operatives.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Cundell 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

Cundell 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 Cundell 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 Cundell, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Cundell families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Cundell 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 84 Cundells recorded in 1881 and an index of 3.38x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 84 3.38x
Cambridgeshire 41 25.82x
Surrey 24 1.96x
Durham 16 2.15x
Wiltshire 14 6.31x
Midlothian 12 3.57x
Berkshire 10 5.31x
Middlesex 9 0.36x
Buckinghamshire 8 5.28x
Cheshire 7 1.27x
Northamptonshire 7 2.97x
Lancashire 6 0.20x
Derbyshire 5 1.27x
Essex 4 0.81x
Devon 2 0.38x
Hampshire 2 0.39x
Lanarkshire 2 0.25x
Bedfordshire 1 0.77x
Herefordshire 1 0.97x
Kent 1 0.12x
Sussex 1 0.24x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Cottenham in Cambridgeshire leads with 24 Cundells recorded in 1881 and an index of 1137.44x.

Place Total Index
Cottenham 24 1137.44x
Rotherham 11 78.57x
Haughton Le Skerne 10 1639.34x
Wilburton 10 2222.22x
Danby Commondale 8 2962.96x
Fenny Stratford 8 559.44x
York St Maurice 8 170.94x
Edinburgh St Georges 7 100.43x
Keighley 7 26.44x
Disley Stanley 6 210.53x
Lambeth 6 2.75x
Pannal 6 252.10x
Rampton 6 3000.00x
Sheriff Hutton W 6 857.14x
Southwark St George Martyr 6 11.90x
Wanborough 6 789.47x
Chapel En Le Frith 5 139.66x
Great Driffield 5 98.04x
Kew 5 704.23x
Potto 5 2777.78x
Hungerford 4 156.86x
Leeds 4 2.85x
Little Bedwyn 4 930.23x
South Leith 4 10.58x
Battersea 3 3.25x
Bethnal Green London 3 2.75x
Bugbrooke 3 389.61x
Manchester 3 2.24x
Northampton Priory St 3 21.20x
Oldham 3 3.12x
Osbaldwick 3 2142.86x
Reading St Mary 3 19.91x
Ripley 3 1111.11x
Shalbourn 3 422.54x
Barony 2 0.97x
Crook Billy Row 2 20.94x
Darlington 2 6.95x
Millbrook 2 15.46x
Muggleswick 2 277.78x
Ramsbury 2 99.50x
Reeth 2 327.87x
Reigate Foreign 2 15.12x
Roydon 2 273.97x
Scruton 2 645.16x
Sutton Stoneferry 2 28.13x
Tavistock 2 33.67x
Thixendale 2 909.09x
West Ham 2 1.83x
Wigglesworth 2 1111.11x
Wimbledon 2 14.59x
York St George 2 102.04x
Biggleswade 1 23.53x
Bilton Cum Harrogate 1 11.76x
Bridlington 1 17.57x
Brighton 1 1.17x
Daventry 1 29.94x
Devizes St John 1 60.24x
Easingwold 1 57.14x
Edinburgh St Cuthberts 1 0.74x
Hackney London 1 0.71x
Hampstead London 1 2.56x
Horton In Bradford 1 2.58x
Kington 1 39.22x
Liddiard Tregooze 1 175.44x
North Bierley 1 7.46x
Paddington London 1 1.09x
St Pancras London 1 0.50x
Stanton All Sts 1 285.71x
Stockport 1 3.51x
Tonbridge 1 3.24x
Tottenham 1 2.50x
West Drayton 1 114.94x
York St Helen Stonegate 1 263.16x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 19
Ann 11
Sarah 11
Elizabeth 9
Alice 6
Annie 6
Eliza 5
Jane 5
Emily 3
Emma 3
Hannah 3
Harriett 3
Louisa 3
Martha 3
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Ethel 2
Isabella 2
Letitia 2
Lucy 2
Maria 2
Ada 1
Agnes 1
Amelia 1
Anne 1
Bertha 1
Carmantia 1
Criselda 1
Diana 1
Ellen 1
F.E. 1
Fanny 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Frederica 1
Georgiana 1
Harriet 1
Isabel 1
Isabell 1
Laura 1
Lavinia 1
Margaret 1
Naomi 1
Norah 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 12
William 12
George 8
Charles 7
James 7
Thomas 6
Francis 4
Alfred 3
Christopher 3
Harry 3
Henry 3
Robert 3
Walter 3
Albert 2
Arthur 2
Cyrus 2
David 2
Edward 2
Joseph 2
Leonard 2
Richard 2
Aaron 1
Bertram 1
Chas. 1
Edmund 1
Emanuel 1
Emerson 1
Ernest 1
Evan 1
F.C. 1
Fred 1
Frederick 1
Harold 1
Horrace 1
Infant 1
Isaac 1
J. 1
Lorford 1
Matthew 1
Michael 1
Micheal 1
Oliver 1
Peter 1
Robt. 1
Samuel 1
Tom 1
Wm.W. 1

FAQ

Cundell surname: questions and answers

How common was the Cundell surname in 1881?

In 1881, 260 people were recorded with the Cundell surname. That placed it at #10,781 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Cundell surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 149 in 2016. That gives Cundell a modern rank of #23,844.

What does the Cundell map show?

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