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UK surname

Giblett

In the 1881 census there were 255 people recorded with the Giblett surname, ranking it #10,924 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 189, ranked #20,334, down from #10,924 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Bedminster and Glastonbury St Benedict and St John, Street. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Melton, Taunton Deane and Sedgemoor.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Giblett is 304 in 1901. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 25.9%.

1881 census count

255

Ranked #10,924

Modern count

189

2016, ranked #20,334

Peak year

1901

304 bearers

Map years

9

1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Giblett had 255 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #10,924 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 189 in 2016, ranked #20,334.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 304 in 1901.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Ageing Communities.

Giblett surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Giblett surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Giblett 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 218 #9,754
1861 historical 175 #13,409
1881 historical 255 #10,924
1891 historical 292 #11,351
1901 historical 304 #11,543
1911 historical 291 #11,696
1997 modern 183 #18,642
1998 modern 180 #19,298
1999 modern 175 #19,798
2000 modern 183 #19,239
2001 modern 183 #18,980
2002 modern 188 #19,012
2003 modern 187 #18,856
2004 modern 188 #18,919
2005 modern 171 #19,985
2006 modern 177 #19,738
2007 modern 180 #19,745
2008 modern 178 #20,094
2009 modern 180 #20,341
2010 modern 179 #20,886
2011 modern 178 #20,809
2012 modern 182 #20,440
2013 modern 182 #20,795
2014 modern 187 #20,570
2015 modern 185 #20,641
2016 modern 189 #20,334

Geography

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Where Gibletts are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff, Bedminster, Glastonbury St Benedict and St John, Street, London parishes and Meare. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Melton, Taunton Deane, Sedgemoor 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 Bristol City: St Mary Redcliff Gloucestershire
2 Bedminster Somerset
3 Glastonbury St Benedict and St John, Street Somerset
4 London parishes London 3
5 Meare Somerset

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Melton 002 Melton
2 Taunton Deane 006 Taunton Deane
3 Sedgemoor 005 Sedgemoor
4 Broadland 001 Broadland
5 Broadland 003 Broadland

Forenames

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First names often paired with Giblett

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Giblett

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

Ageing Communities

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

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Group profile

Many residents are of normal retirement age or above and live in communal establishments, and there are few dependent children. The dominant property type is a mix of retirement flats and detached houses. Those in work are likely to be employed in managerial and professional occupations, and many residents are educated to degree level. Levels of owner occupation are high, but the private rental sector is also present. Rural locations predominate.

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

Skilled Trades and Construction Workers

Within London, Giblett is most associated with areas classed as Skilled Trades and Construction 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

These scattered, peripheral and often low residential density neighbourhoods house more workers in skilled trades and construction. Few households rent social housing and there are few students. Multiple car ownership is higher than the Supergroup average, perhaps because of poorer public transport connectivity. Incidence of mixed or multiple ethnicity is below the Supergroup average, and the absence of individuals identifying as Pakistani or Other Asian groups is also less pronounced. Flatted accommodation is less dominant than elsewhere in the Supergroup.

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

Giblett 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

Giblett falls in decile 10 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.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Giblett 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 Giblett, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

1881 census detail

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Giblett families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Giblett 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. Somerset leads with 101 Gibletts recorded in 1881 and an index of 25.13x.

County Total Index
Somerset 101 25.13x
Middlesex 40 1.60x
Surrey 33 2.71x
Berkshire 17 9.07x
Hampshire 12 2.34x
Essex 9 1.83x
Gloucestershire 9 1.84x
Bedfordshire 8 6.19x
Kent 5 0.59x
Lincolnshire 5 1.25x
Huntingdonshire 3 6.05x
Carmarthenshire 2 1.90x
Channel Islands 2 2.70x
Denbighshire 2 2.12x
Dorset 2 1.22x
Glamorgan 2 0.46x
Northamptonshire 2 0.85x
Leicestershire 1 0.36x
Yorkshire 1 0.04x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Meare in Somerset leads with 62 Gibletts recorded in 1881 and an index of 5123.97x.

Place Total Index
Meare 62 5123.97x
Islington London 18 7.44x
Sandhurst 17 468.32x
Camberwell 13 8.15x
Bedminster 10 26.48x
Eaton Socon 8 394.09x
Lambeth 8 3.67x
West Ham 8 7.35x
Glastonbury 7 213.41x
Bethnal Green London 6 5.53x
Croydon 6 8.88x
Southampton St Mary 6 18.64x
Stamford All Sts 5 223.21x
Wells St Cuthbert 5 182.48x
Bristol St James In 4 55.56x
Milton In Gravesend 4 31.30x
Wedmore 4 152.67x
Basingstoke 3 50.93x
Bath St Peter St Paul 3 168.54x
Brockworth 3 789.47x
Bromley London 3 5.46x
Clapham 3 9.61x
Hemingford Grey 3 394.74x
Shepton Mallet 3 66.52x
Stoke Newington London 3 15.42x
Acton 2 13.66x
Cardiff St John 2 14.08x
Chewton Mendip 2 298.51x
Farnborough 2 37.17x
Llandrillo Yn Rhos 2 142.86x
Llanelly 2 8.44x
Penge 2 12.54x
St Helier 2 8.30x
St Pancras London 2 1.00x
Tottenham 2 5.03x
Wells St Cuthbert Out 2 61.73x
Whitchurch Canonicorum 2 219.78x
Badgworth 1 416.67x
Bridlington 1 17.64x
Cheltenham 1 2.65x
Cow Honeybourne 1 322.58x
Edington 1 270.27x
Frome 1 10.41x
Harwick St Nicholas 1 128.21x
Horton Kirby 1 75.76x
Kensington London 1 0.72x
Paddington London 1 1.09x
Peterborough 1 5.88x
Richmond 1 5.87x
Southampton All Sts 1 11.39x
St George Hanover Square 1 2.27x
Stoke Doyle 1 1000.00x
Thrussington 1 192.31x
Willesden 1 4.25x

Top female names

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

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 14
George 13
William 10
Walter 8
Thomas 7
Henry 6
James 6
Arthur 4
Harry 4
Joseph 4
Robert 4
Albert 3
Benjamin 3
Charles 3
Ernest 3
Richard 3
Samuel 3
Edward 2
Francis 2
Frederick 2
Fredrick 2
Hugh 2
Jacob 2
Peter 2
Alfred 1
B.S. 1
Esau 1
Gilbert 1
Hubert 1
Jackson 1
Josheph 1
Lemuel 1
Leslie 1
Lot 1
Richd. 1
Saml. 1
Stanley 1
Sydney 1
Wm. 1
Zackriah 1

FAQ

Giblett surname: questions and answers

How common was the Giblett surname in 1881?

In 1881, 255 people were recorded with the Giblett surname. That placed it at #10,924 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Giblett surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 189 in 2016. That gives Giblett a modern rank of #20,334.

What does the Giblett map show?

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