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UK surname

Edworthy

In the 1881 census there were 297 people recorded with the Edworthy surname, ranking it #9,792 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 492, ranked #10,096, down from #9,792 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Paignton, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff and Exeter St David (including Castle Yard). In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Mid Devon, Exeter and Teignbridge.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Edworthy is 512 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 65.7%.

1881 census count

297

Ranked #9,792

Modern count

492

2016, ranked #10,096

Peak year

2002

512 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Edworthy had 297 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,792 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 492 in 2016, ranked #10,096.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 453 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Edworthy surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Edworthy surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Edworthy 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 159 #12,400
1861 historical 200 #12,005
1881 historical 297 #9,792
1891 historical 329 #10,320
1901 historical 381 #9,799
1911 historical 453 #8,460
1997 modern 478 #9,627
1998 modern 497 #9,638
1999 modern 503 #9,618
2000 modern 501 #9,619
2001 modern 496 #9,526
2002 modern 512 #9,470
2003 modern 502 #9,460
2004 modern 483 #9,743
2005 modern 470 #9,879
2006 modern 460 #10,073
2007 modern 479 #9,873
2008 modern 470 #10,102
2009 modern 499 #9,879
2010 modern 505 #9,985
2011 modern 497 #9,997
2012 modern 483 #10,116
2013 modern 493 #10,119
2014 modern 504 #10,023
2015 modern 486 #10,216
2016 modern 492 #10,096

Geography

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Where Edworthys are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Paignton, Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Exeter St David (including Castle Yard), Tormoham with Torquay and Bedminster. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Mid Devon, Exeter and Teignbridge. 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 Paignton Devon
2 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
3 Exeter St David (including Castle Yard) Devon
4 Tormoham with Torquay Devon
5 Bedminster Somerset

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Mid Devon 009 Mid Devon
2 Mid Devon 007 Mid Devon
3 Exeter 007 Exeter
4 Teignbridge 017 Teignbridge
5 Exeter 013 Exeter

Forenames

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First names often paired with Edworthy

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Edworthy

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Edworthy, 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 Edworthy surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Edworthy 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Inner London Working Professionals

Within London, Edworthy 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

Edworthy is most concentrated in decile 2 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname towards the less healthy 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

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

1881 census detail

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Edworthy families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Edworthy 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. Devon leads with 220 Edworthys recorded in 1881 and an index of 36.48x.

County Total Index
Devon 220 36.48x
Glamorgan 18 3.57x
Somerset 17 3.65x
Monmouthshire 13 6.21x
Kent 8 0.81x
Merionethshire 7 13.21x
Surrey 7 0.50x
Lancashire 3 0.09x
Shropshire 3 1.20x
Wiltshire 1 0.39x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Tormoham in Devon leads with 20 Edworthys recorded in 1881 and an index of 78.37x.

Place Total Index
Tormoham 20 78.37x
Morchard Bishop 13 1031.75x
North Tawton 13 702.70x
West Worlington 13 6842.11x
Eglwysilan 12 137.14x
Chawleigh 11 1641.79x
Sandford 11 748.30x
Thorverton 11 1195.65x
Crediton 10 175.13x
Bedminster 9 20.54x
Exeter Holy Trinity 8 338.98x
Lapford 8 1355.93x
East Worlington 7 3333.33x
Holy Trinity 7 551.18x
Llanycil 7 245.61x
Topsham 7 245.61x
Wembworthy 7 1627.91x
Camberwell 6 3.24x
Newport 6 60.06x
Sampford Courtenay 6 666.67x
South Molton 6 181.27x
Zeal Monachorum 6 1304.35x
Abergavenny 5 63.78x
Bridgewater 5 39.49x
Cardiff St Mary 5 17.99x
Exeter St Thomas The 5 81.30x
Hatherleigh 5 333.33x
Kelly 5 2173.91x
Petrockstow 5 980.39x
Tiverton 5 48.12x
Exeter St Mary Major 4 109.89x
Chulmleigh 3 218.98x
Exeter St John 3 697.67x
Greenwich 3 6.50x
Kinnerley 3 252.10x
Minster In Sheppey 3 18.32x
Salford 3 2.97x
Weston Super Mare 3 25.47x
Wolborough 3 39.37x
Down St Mary 2 625.00x
Oakford 2 408.16x
Plymouth St Andrew 2 4.30x
Silverton 2 158.73x
Britford 1 59.17x
Broadwood Kelly 1 344.83x
Devonport 1 14.43x
Erith 1 10.27x
Exeter Allhallows Onthe 1 370.37x
Exeter St Lawrence 1 222.22x
Exeter St Mary Steps 1 73.53x
Lambeth 1 0.40x
Lewisham 1 1.90x
Lewtrenchard 1 322.58x
Nether Exe 1 1428.57x
Plymouth Charles The 1 3.76x
St Woollos 1 4.28x
Stoke Damerel 1 2.37x
Swansea St Thomas 1 19.72x
Upper Llanvrechva 1 30.77x
Washford Pyne 1 625.00x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 27
Elizabeth 14
Sarah 11
Ann 10
Emma 9
Bessie 6
Eliza 6
Emily 6
Jane 6
Annie 5
Ellen 5
Edith 4
Grace 4
Alice 3
Margaret 3
Maria 3
Charlotte 2
Eva 2
Florence 2
Harriet 2
Kate 2
Lily 2
Selina 2
Susan 2
Allis 1
Amelia 1
Anne 1
Charity 1
Dinah 1
Ella 1
Gertrude 1
Hannah 1
Honnor 1
Jessie 1
Joanna 1
Kezia 1
Lavenia 1
Leah 1
Lewis 1
Lilly 1
Liza 1
Louisa 1
Louise 1
Lucy 1
Mahabeth 1
Maud 1
Mereina 1
Rhoda 1
Ruth 1
Sophia 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 28
John 17
James 11
George 9
Frederick 7
Samuel 7
Charles 6
Richard 5
Frank 3
Henry 3
Joseph 3
Alfred 2
Edmund 2
Edward 2
Francis 2
Wm. 2
Abraham 1
Albert 1
Bertram 1
Bertrand 1
Cephas 1
Edwin 1
Eli 1
Elijah 1
Emmanuel 1
Ernest 1
Fred. 1
Fred.T. 1
Harry 1
Lewis 1
Luke 1
Mark 1
Philip 1
Robert 1
Selvanina 1
Silas 1
Solomon 1
Thomas 1
Thos. 1
Wm.G.J. 1

FAQ

Edworthy surname: questions and answers

How common was the Edworthy surname in 1881?

In 1881, 297 people were recorded with the Edworthy surname. That placed it at #9,792 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Edworthy surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 492 in 2016. That gives Edworthy a modern rank of #10,096.

What does the Edworthy map show?

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