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UK surname

Gazzard

In the 1881 census there were 264 people recorded with the Gazzard surname, ranking it #10,655 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 613, ranked #8,566, up from #10,655 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Almondsbury and London parishes. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Bristol, Forest of Dean and Basildon.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Gazzard is 648 in 2002. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 132.2%.

1881 census count

264

Ranked #10,655

Modern count

613

2016, ranked #8,566

Peak year

2002

648 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Gazzard had 264 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,655 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 613 in 2016, ranked #8,566.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 424 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living.

Gazzard surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Gazzard surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Gazzard 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 112 #15,913
1861 historical 83 #23,189
1881 historical 264 #10,655
1891 historical 338 #10,113
1901 historical 383 #9,760
1911 historical 424 #8,905
1997 modern 616 #7,999
1998 modern 641 #7,986
1999 modern 645 #8,007
2000 modern 645 #7,982
2001 modern 644 #7,852
2002 modern 648 #7,971
2003 modern 634 #7,978
2004 modern 625 #8,092
2005 modern 607 #8,206
2006 modern 584 #8,450
2007 modern 587 #8,505
2008 modern 593 #8,496
2009 modern 606 #8,535
2010 modern 620 #8,568
2011 modern 628 #8,384
2012 modern 615 #8,441
2013 modern 638 #8,329
2014 modern 628 #8,489
2015 modern 626 #8,439
2016 modern 613 #8,566

Geography

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Where Gazzards are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Almondsbury, London parishes, St Philip and Jacob and East Dean, Little Dean, Flaxley, Abinghall, Weston-under-Penyard (Ross, Herefordshire), Lea (Ross, H. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Bristol, Forest of Dean, Basildon and Stroud. 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 Almondsbury Gloucestershire
3 London parishes London 3
4 St Philip and Jacob Gloucestershire
5 East Dean, Little Dean, Flaxley, Abinghall, Weston-under-Penyard (Ross, Herefordshire), Lea (Ross, H Gloucestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Bristol 008 Bristol, City of
2 Forest of Dean 004 Forest of Dean
3 Bristol 051 Bristol, City of
4 Basildon 021 Basildon
5 Stroud 009 Stroud

Forenames

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First names often paired with Gazzard

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Gazzard

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

Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living

Nationally, the Gazzard surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Gazzard household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

Families with resident dependent children (but not students) are common. Established family groups and White ethnicity predominate, as do individuals born in the UK. They are more likely than the Supergroup average to have been resident in their terraced, semi-detached, or detached houses for more than one year. Levels of multiple car ownership are high. Properties are owned and typically have surplus living space. Associate professionals and administrative occupations are prevalent, and parents are likely to be in middle age or approaching retirement. Educational attainment is above the Supergroup average. Scattered developments and concentrations are found in many small towns.

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

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Gazzard is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. 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 located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Gazzard is most concentrated in decile 5 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

Gazzard 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 Gazzard 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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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Gazzard families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Gazzard 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. Gloucestershire leads with 113 Gazzards recorded in 1881 and an index of 22.37x.

County Total Index
Gloucestershire 113 22.37x
Essex 38 7.48x
Somerset 23 5.55x
Middlesex 22 0.85x
Glamorgan 15 3.35x
Yorkshire 11 0.43x
Kent 8 0.91x
Monmouthshire 7 3.76x
Staffordshire 7 0.81x
Herefordshire 4 3.79x
Devon 3 0.56x
Hertfordshire 3 1.69x
Surrey 3 0.24x
Cambridgeshire 2 1.23x
Suffolk 2 0.64x
Derbyshire 1 0.25x
Oxfordshire 1 0.63x
Warwickshire 1 0.15x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Bristol St Philip Jacob in Gloucestershire leads with 35 Gazzards recorded in 1881 and an index of 73.61x.

Place Total Index
Bristol St Philip Jacob 35 73.61x
Kelvedon 31 2296.30x
Bedminster 13 33.38x
Cardiff St John 13 88.74x
Wilton In Guisbrough 11 964.91x
Flaxley 10 884.96x
Westbury On Severn East 10 87.57x
Elberton 9 6428.57x
Islington London 8 3.21x
Almondsbury 7 362.69x
Berkeley 6 213.52x
Henbury 6 243.90x
Berkeley Hamfallow 5 549.45x
Bristol St Peter 5 276.24x
Grosmont 5 806.45x
Handsworth 5 23.34x
Olveston 5 352.11x
Twerton 5 117.10x
Bath St Peter St Paul 4 218.58x
Orcop 4 816.33x
Springfield 4 179.37x
St Martin In Fields 4 25.94x
Stapleton 4 41.75x
Woolwich 4 12.32x
East Barnet 3 85.23x
Hackney London 3 2.08x
Bradwell 2 229.89x
Bristol St George 2 8.56x
Bristol St Nicholas 2 219.78x
Cardiff St Mary 2 8.10x
Chesterton 2 39.76x
Deptford St Paul 2 2.95x
Hanwell 2 43.76x
Ipswich St Mathew 2 22.75x
Lambeth 2 0.89x
Llanwenarth Citra 2 833.33x
Plymouth St Andrew 2 4.84x
Ramsgate 2 13.95x
St Luke London 2 4.84x
Alveston 1 138.89x
Austrey 1 312.50x
Bideford 1 17.42x
Bristol St James St Paul 1 5.94x
Bristol St John Baptist 1 212.77x
Bristol St Paul In 1 7.43x
Bromley London 1 1.76x
Cannock 1 6.59x
Chipping Norton 1 27.17x
Cobham 1 48.54x
Derby St Werburgh 1 4.30x
Romford 1 12.44x
St George Hanover Square 1 2.20x
Stinchcombe 1 333.33x
Stroud 1 10.17x
Tipton 1 3.76x
Westbury On Trym 1 5.84x
Westminster St James 1 3.78x
Yeovil 1 11.88x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 18
Sarah 14
Elizabeth 10
Emma 8
Ann 7
Emily 7
Louisa 7
Alice 6
Eliza 6
Annie 3
Ellen 3
Lucy 3
Maria 3
Ada 2
Hannah 2
Harriet 2
Jane 2
Mabel 2
Rose 2
Allice 1
Annette 1
Caroline 1
Charlotte 1
Clara 1
Dorcas 1
Elizth. 1
Ethel 1
Eva 1
Fanny 1
Florence 1
Frances 1
Georgina 1
Gertrude 1
H. 1
Harried 1
Hester 1
Isabella 1
Jennie 1
Laura 1
Lily 1
Lizzie 1
Lottie 1
Lura 1
Margaret 1
Maud 1
Mrs 1
Rachel 1
Rebecca 1
Ruth 1
Sara 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
William 19
George 16
Henry 9
Joseph 8
John 7
James 6
Albert 5
Alfred 5
Charles 5
Thomas 4
Frederick 3
Robert 3
Walter 3
Edwin 2
Ely 2
Saml. 2
Samuel 2
Arther 1
Arthur 1
Brian 1
Christopher 1
Cornelious 1
Daniel 1
David 1
Edward 1
Eli 1
Fredk. 1
Geo. 1
Harry 1
Horatio 1
Jas. 1
Leonard 1
Nathan 1
Percy 1
Stephen 1
Sydney 1
Tom 1

FAQ

Gazzard surname: questions and answers

How common was the Gazzard surname in 1881?

In 1881, 264 people were recorded with the Gazzard surname. That placed it at #10,655 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Gazzard surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 613 in 2016. That gives Gazzard a modern rank of #8,566.

What does the Gazzard map show?

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