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UK surname

Duckmanton

In the 1881 census there were 117 people recorded with the Duckmanton surname, ranking it #18,026 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 277, ranked #15,619, up from #18,026 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Potter Hanworth, Whitwell and Warsop. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Newark and Sherwood, Stoke-on-Trent and Dudley.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Duckmanton is 319 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 136.8%.

1881 census count

117

Ranked #18,026

Modern count

277

2016, ranked #15,619

Peak year

1999

319 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Duckmanton had 117 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #18,026 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 277 in 2016, ranked #15,619.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 216 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Small Town Suburbia.

Duckmanton surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Duckmanton surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Duckmanton 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 105 #16,618
1861 historical 113 #19,151
1881 historical 117 #18,026
1891 historical 145 #18,752
1901 historical 169 #16,824
1911 historical 216 #14,240
1997 modern 303 #13,433
1998 modern 314 #13,483
1999 modern 319 #13,420
2000 modern 306 #13,742
2001 modern 300 #13,737
2002 modern 307 #13,805
2003 modern 293 #14,037
2004 modern 293 #14,082
2005 modern 274 #14,663
2006 modern 268 #15,000
2007 modern 274 #14,932
2008 modern 275 #15,036
2009 modern 283 #15,020
2010 modern 286 #15,231
2011 modern 279 #15,353
2012 modern 277 #15,375
2013 modern 276 #15,683
2014 modern 277 #15,734
2015 modern 277 #15,622
2016 modern 277 #15,619

Geography

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Where Duckmantons are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Potter Hanworth, Whitwell, Warsop, Elksley and Southwell, Farnsfield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Newark and Sherwood, Stoke-on-Trent, Dudley, Rotherham and Cotswold. 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 Potter Hanworth Lincolnshire
2 Whitwell Nottinghamshire
3 Warsop Nottinghamshire
4 Elksley Nottinghamshire
5 Southwell, Farnsfield Nottinghamshire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Newark and Sherwood 001 Newark and Sherwood
2 Stoke-on-Trent 020 Stoke-on-Trent
3 Dudley 039 Dudley
4 Rotherham 012 Rotherham
5 Cotswold 003 Cotswold

Forenames

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First names often paired with Duckmanton

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Duckmanton

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

Young Families and Mainstream Employment

Group

Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs

Within London, Duckmanton is most associated with areas classed as Terraced and Semi-Detached Suburbs, 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

Mainly concentrated in suburban areas, these terraced and semi-detached developments are less overcrowded than the Supergroup average, and resident households are more likely to own two or more cars. There are fewer residents aged 25-44, and a larger share of residents employed in administrative and secretarial occupations. Residents are more likely to have been born in the UK, less likely to have been born in the EU or Africa, and much less likely to self-identify as Bangladeshi.

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

Duckmanton 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

Duckmanton 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 Duckmanton 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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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Duckmanton families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Duckmanton 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 68 Duckmantons recorded in 1881 and an index of 44.21x.

County Total Index
Nottinghamshire 68 44.21x
Derbyshire 16 8.96x
Yorkshire 16 1.41x
Lincolnshire 11 6.03x
Surrey 3 0.54x
Middlesex 2 0.18x
Lancashire 1 0.07x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Elksley in Nottinghamshire leads with 10 Duckmantons recorded in 1881 and an index of 7692.31x.

Place Total Index
Elksley 10 7692.31x
Warsop 10 2439.02x
Worksop 9 197.37x
Maltby In Rotherham 8 2500.00x
Carburton 7 10000.00x
Nottingham St Mary 5 12.57x
Southwell 5 446.43x
Brimington 4 294.12x
Gainsborough 4 93.02x
Mansfield 4 75.19x
Upper Langwith 4 5000.00x
Clayworth 3 1764.71x
Codnor Park 3 714.29x
Washingborough 3 1071.43x
Wickersley 3 967.74x
Clarborough 2 173.91x
Cromford 2 476.19x
Ecclesall Bierlow 2 8.70x
Kirton 2 4000.00x
Potter Hanworth 2 1176.47x
Southwark St George Martyr 2 8.71x
St Marylebone London 2 3.28x
Ault Hucknall 1 344.83x
Babworth 1 344.83x
Balby Cum Hexthorpe 1 74.07x
Basford 1 14.10x
Chesterfield 1 14.93x
East Markham 1 344.83x
Farnsfield 1 243.90x
Gamston 1 1000.00x
Gate Fulford 1 37.88x
Glentworth 1 714.29x
Harthill Cum Woodall 1 232.56x
Hodsock 1 1111.11x
Hulme 1 3.54x
Laxton 1 526.32x
Mansfield Woodhouse 1 98.04x
Norton 1 1000.00x
Scaftworth 1 2500.00x
South Collingham 1 333.33x
St Swithin Lincoln 1 34.84x
Whitwell 1 140.85x
Windlesham 1 95.24x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 11
Elizabeth 5
Hannah 5
Ann 4
Eliza 4
Sarah 4
Jane 3
Annie 2
Harriet 2
Jessie 2
Ada 1
Alice 1
Catherine 1
Edith 1
Elizth. 1
Ellen 1
Emily 1
Emmaline 1
Helen 1
Lily 1
Lucy 1
M. 1
Margert 1
Matilda 1
Rebecca 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 12
William 11
George 8
James 6
Samuel 4
Jno. 3
Benjamin 2
Henry 2
Herbert 2
Arthur 1
Bertram 1
Charles 1
Frank 1
Frederic 1
Geo. 1
Jonathan 1
Joseph 1
Walter 1
Wm. 1

FAQ

Duckmanton surname: questions and answers

How common was the Duckmanton surname in 1881?

In 1881, 117 people were recorded with the Duckmanton surname. That placed it at #18,026 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Duckmanton surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 277 in 2016. That gives Duckmanton a modern rank of #15,619.

What does the Duckmanton map show?

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